THE British Airways pilot behind a plot to launch a crippling strike is a young militant who once lied about airline safety procedures, it was reported last night. Hardline union rep Mark Keane fli…
THE British Airways pilot behind a plot to launch a crippling strike is a young militant who once lied about airline safety procedures, it was reported last night.
But Mr Keane, who is in his late 20s, previously flew for Ryanair - and was forced to apologise to its bosses after writing false comments on a pilots' forum about its safety procedures,And he was accused of forwarding an offensive email featuring pictures of blacked-up actors from The Black And White Minstrel show.
But he last night insisted he had been asked by an employee of pilots union Balpa to forward it "to bring attention to what was viewed to be inappropriate behaviour". His predecessor left amid scandal after it was revealed he sent a sick image of a man having sex with a chicken to five other union reps.
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