Myanmar man’s pilot fantasy doesn’t fly

By THE NATION

 

 

Suvarnabhumi Airport issued a statement on Thursday saying the story of a Myanmar national trying to pass himself off as a pilot at the airport was true and that the suspect has been sentenced to eight months in jail for the offence.

 

 

Suthirawat Suwanawat, the airport’s general manager, said the suspect called Ye Min Thu was also prosecuted on Tuesday for overstay.

 

The man apparently had dressed like a pilot and tried to use a fake pilot ID to enter the domestic passenger area.

 

Guards, however, were unconvinced and sent him to the airport’s police station. Upon interrogation, police found out that the man had told his family and girlfriend that he was a pilot, when in reality he is only an aviation student.

 

Ye Min Thu lives in a condo in Bangkok’s Hua Mark area, and has not applied for a visa extension since the beginning of this year.

 

The pretend pilot has been charged for trespassing and overstay, and hit with a jail sentence of eight months.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30400228

 

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1 minute ago, rooster59 said:

Myanmar national trying to pass himself off as a pilot at the airport 

Just the same as Prayut, he is trying to pass himself off as PM.????????????????

Train him as astronaut for the upcoming space project...........Does this place just get sillier by the day or what????

How do you get back out of this wardrobe?

Not much different than a lot of other people here: "teachers" passing themselves off as educators, "drug dealers" passing themselves off as politicians, "police officers" passing themselves off as upholders of the law, etc. - the list is endless. 

23 hours ago, rooster59 said:

e pretend pilot has been charged for trespassing and overstay, and hit with a jail sentence of eight months.

Well at least he turned up at the airport just fine him 20,000.B

23 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

 

Just in case someone missed the reference, had he been to the cinema recently?

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/

 

Had he been Chinese would have likely gotten away with it, and awarded free pass to VIP lounge-unlimited mama cups

 

Reminds me when I tried sitting in 1st class when boarding from LAX to BKK as I was guided thru the 1st class door and the last one on(as I can scope out open seats)...I got the towel, newspaper and champagne, before getting busted and had to take the walk of shame...I suppose the carry on backpack wasnt such a good idea ????