Cape Air Pilot in 2002 Incident Had Diabetes, Criminal
Record
by Aero-News Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. "Hognose"
O'Brien
In the latest example of Federal authorities getting tough with
pilots who fib on their medicals, Ronald Newton Crews, 53, of
Centerville, Massachusetts, has been indicted in Federal District
Court in Boston with four felony counts of Making False Statements.
Aero-News has previously reported the
indictment but we have uncovered further significant
details: Crews allegedly concealed diabetes and a criminal record
for drug trafficking and gun violations from the FAA, as well as
from the airline that em