An affair between a Virgin pilot and the estranged wife of a police officer led to him being grounded for months after the cop made false claims about him to the airline.
The lies against the pilot were revealed in the findings of a Queensland Civil Appeals Tribunal which found the now stood down cop also used 'emotionally controlling behaviour' as a tool of domestic violence after discovering the affair.
He made a number of claims to the airline's bosses, including that the pilot was colour blind and a heavy alcohol user, which saw him immediately suspended.
The pilot was suspended from flying for months after the false claims were made against him
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QCAT were asked by the ex-cop to review the findings of a separate internal Queensland Police Service investigation, which found he had committed five instances of misconduct.
All but one of those instances of misconduct were substantiated by QCAT Acting Senior Member Ann Fitzpatrick last week.
The tribunal was told the former officer was asked for a divorce by his then-wife in July 2014.
A few days later he discovered she was having an affair with the Virgin pilot, whom he had been friends with since 1999.
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