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FAA Imposter Who Gained Access to Airline Cockpit Pleads Guilty

Summary

Ernest Robert Bustos pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City to impersonating a FAA employee. Bustos was indicted April 3 for using a false FAA identification card to obtain unauthorized cockpit access on three separate Southwest Airlines flights, departing on April 23, April 30 and May 28, 1999.