How a former flight attendant posing as a pilot got free flights for years — and finally got caught

Dallas Pokornik, a former flight attendant from Toronto, has admitted to a long-running fraud scheme in U.S. federal court, where she posed as a pilot to secure hundreds of free flights. This elaborate con echoes the storyline of the 2002 film, "Catch Me If You Can," highlighting the lengths to which she went using fake IDs. The case underscores the vulnerabilities in airline security and the lengths some individuals will go to exploit them, raising questions about oversight and regulatory lapses in the industry.