A pilot was grounded for months after his girlfriend’s estranged police officer husband made shocking and false claims against him.
A Virgin pilot was grounded for several months after his girlfriend’s estranged police officer husband made false claims against him, including that he was colour blind and a heavy alcohol user.
Shocking falsities against the pilot were revealed in the findings of a Queensland Civil Appeals Tribunal (QCAT), with the tribunal also finding the ex-cop also used “emotionally controlling behaviour” as a tool of domestic violence after discovering his wife’s affair.
QCAT were asked by the former officer to review the findings of an internal Queensland Police Service investigation, which found five separate instances of misconduct had occurred.
All but one of those instances of misconduct have been 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.
In early August, the former officer took his wife’s phone and read her texts and emails. The tribunal conceded that given the “deeply personal and distressing” nature of the circumstances, most people would behave inappropriately.
The pilot and the officer’s former wife have since married.
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