BA safety storm over pilot’s bawdy cockpit text
It's the pits ... cockpit computer shows the cheeky image sent by romeo pilot Hindley
A SENIOR British Airways pilot typed “Show Us Ur Tits” on a cockpit computer and texted the photo to his lover in a staggering safety breach.
Brazen Graeme Hindley is also said to have taken a picture out of the window of the plane as it was descending over central London and sent it to the woman.
The shocked single mum begged him to concentrate on his job flying hundreds of passengers across the globe. But the BA veteran of 20 years bragged that he was “not distractable”.
And despite his reckless behaviour he added: “I’m total pro.”
Row ... Graeme Hindley poses with Olympic torch for BA last year
Now the woman — who has split from Hindley, 43, following a brief fling — has complained to BA about his actions.
She said: “It’s terrible Graeme should be sending messages on his phone and mucking about when he has got passengers on board relying on him, and expecting him to get them somewhere safely.
“I thought I had a responsibility to the public to make them aware of Graeme’s apparent negligence.”
Smooth-talking Hindley, 43, who earns more than £100,000 a year, swept the pretty mum of three off her feet with his jet-setting lifestyle after meeting her on a ferry.
But her dreams came crashing down when he turned cold after twice meeting up for sex.
She said he sent her the pictures of his cockpit as a flight was departing from Heathrow to Hanover in April.
Probe ... lovers' texts
Hindley — nicknamed Grumpy by the woman — should have been fulfilling crucial last-minute flight checks.
But he apparently typed in “Show Us Ur Tits”, pictured here, and sent the picture to her.
The woman — who has asked not to be named — replied, “You are such a dick!” adding “Love it!”.
But in seconds she realised the seriousness of what he had done and replied: “No wait… seriously. I don’t want to distract you. Just message me when you land okay?”
After trying to reassure her he was a “total pro” he revealed he was “just pushing back” — meaning the plane was leaving the stand and taxi-ing to the runway.
The woman finally begged him: “Get off your bloody phone.”
She said that after having sex the first time he told her they would be better off as friends. She claimed he later took her for dinner in Monte Carlo and they slept together at a hotel.
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The woman added: “No matter how he treated me he should be made aware of his responsibilities to the public who entrust their lives to him.”
Hindley, who lives in the French Alps, flies Airbus A319 and A320 planes on mainly short haul routes across Europe.
He posed with the Olympic torch during a promotion for London 2012 sponsor BA.
BA said: “We will be investigating this matter thoroughly.”
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