Investigations

 

Flight Instructor Jailed for Covering Up DUI Charge

February 21, 2003
 
 

Summary

Nacer Fetamia, president and owner of Link Aviation flight school in Dallas, was ordered by a U.S. District Court judge there to 3 months in jail, 3 years of supervised release, and fined $2,500 for lying about a past DUI charge on his airman medical application. He faces possible deportation to his native Algeria as a result of this ongoing investigation. Fetamia is scheduled to appear in INS court on March 6. The investigation was conducted jointly by OIG and the FBI, with assistance from FAA.

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