#3 The Southwest pilot who clogged up air traffic control airwaves talking about his bad sex life. It was later discovered that Gulati had forged the necessary documents to receive her pilot’s license. On the return, Gulati’s dangerous dearth of know-how was outed rather spectacularly when the fraudulent flyer touched down at Delhi, nose first – a major, Landing Of Planes 101-type error that could have gotten everyone killed. Crew members on a Goa-Delhi flight might have been tipped off to Captain Parminder Kaur Gulati’s lack of credentials after a hugely bumpy landing at Goa Airport back in 2011. Just because they’re wearing the uniform, doesn’t mean they can fly the plane. #2 The IndiGo Airlines pilot who wasn’t really a pilot. Turns out, the pilot - later found not guilty by reason of insanity – was right after all.

The worried co-pilot called out into the cabin for help passengers eventually were able to restrain the increasingly out-of-control pilot and the plane made a safe, emergency landing in Amarillo, Texas. “We’re not going to Vegas,” announced Clayton Osbon, before launching into a rambling sermon, telling his co-pilot that “things don’t matter,” and that “we need to take a leap of faith.” Problem: JetBlue Flight 191 was in fact headed for Vegas – with Osborn as the captain.

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