How One Of The World’s Most Notorious Fraudsters Posed As A Pilot To Fly For Free

Made extra-famous through the hollywood film ‘Catch Me If You Can’, legendary conman turned security consultant Frank Abagnale managed to fly for free aboard some 250 flights by posing as a deadheading pilot – a flight crew member being repositioned to another city for operational purposes. In a speech posted to YouTube on January 15th, Abagnale discusses some of the tricks that fooled airlines into letting him travel on their flights.