Gulfstream International Airlines (GIA) is feeling more heat from the FAA. On three occasions, pilots of the airline allowed a passenger in the cockpit of a Beechcraft 1900, turboprop aircraft, during flight. The first two incidents happened in the same day, with a female friend of the Captain during the summer of 2007. The third incident just so happened to involve the same female passenger, but on a different day, with a different flight crew. To be present in the cockpit of an aircraft during flight, without being authorized through CASS (Cockpit Access Security System) is a major security breach of FAA regulations. One would think that two Captains, even for GIA, would have knowledge of such a stern regulation and the potential repercussion for failing to adhere to it. The company found out about the violation through a complaint by a flight attendant, that was onboard for two of the three flights.

Read how GIA is being subject to a $1.3M dollar fine for crew-scheduling and maintenance violations.