Disgraced BA pilot Mike Beaton tried to join low-cost airline Wizz Air three days before our exposé. He was one of just seven pilots invited to a selection event for the Hungarian company near Gatwick Airport and boasted of being friends with one of its senior executives. 2 Mike Beaton attempted to join airline Wizz Air days before The Sun’s revelations2 Wizz Air insisted the disgraced British Airways pilot was using a valid document that had allowed him to fly BA jets until his drugs scandal four weeks earlier Photo credit: GettyBut last night there was confusion over which certificate gave him access to the event. Wizz Air insisted he was using a valid document that had entitled him to fly BA jets until his drugs scandal four weeks earlier. A pilot at Wizz Air’s recruitment event at the L3 Harris Academy in Crawley, West Sussex, said: “To even be invited you had to provide documents including a valid medical certificate.”“It was amazing how Mike Beaton was there, especially because he was telling everyone about his sordid BA past.”Last night a Wizz Air spokesman told The Sun on Sunday: “Mr Beaton attended a Wizz Air pilot selection event prior to the media presence.”“He wasn’t successful.”

Source: The Star October 01, 2023 09:33 UTC