3 Nov 2021

Pilot wins court case against Civil Aviation Authority

From Morning Report, 7:52 am on 3 November 2021

A commercial airline pilot accused of being at risk of killing all his passengers is celebrating his win after a scathing court judgment against the Civil Aviation Authority.

The judge said that the "over-zealous" Crown regulator may have been "primed to over-react" when it banned Captain Graham Lindsay from flying.

Lindsay himself says the victory is comforting - but it has also been hard-won.

He told Susie Ferguson the case that had consumed much of his life over the last five years.