Pilot Loses Appeal To Regain Certificate After In-Cockpit Sex

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Helicopter pilot David Keith Martz, 52, this week lost his appeal to regain his certificate, which he lost after a video surfaced that allegedly shows him having sex with a Swedish adult film actress while flying a helicopter over San Diego. Martz argued that since his hands never left the controls during the encounter that he was not being “careless or reckless,” and he has also said that he knows his actions were unwise and he’s more responsible now, according to the Associated Press. The NTSB judge who heard his appeal — and watched the unedited video of the notorious 2005 event in his chambers — was apparently not impressed. Judge William Mullins upheld the FAA order revoking Martz’s right to fly after a hearing on Tuesday in Gardena, Calif. Martz had no comment after the proceeding. His certificate has been revoked or suspended several times in the past, for incidents such as landing a helicopter on a Hollywood street to pick up a rock star, flying too low over a residential neighborhood, landing too close to a military base, and flying with damage to his helicopter.

The video became public when it was posted online by a Hollywood gossip Web site in February. After reviewing the video, the FAA claims it shows the pilot was blocked from the helicopter’s controls by the woman’s body.

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