A flight attendant worked for United Airlines for 23 years under a false identity

a Brazilian figured out in 1998 how to assume the legal identity of a 5 year old that died in a car crash in 1979 in Washington state, and successfully applied for a US passport using the kid's name. Since then, Guedes has renewed his passport six times.

Using the role as a flight attendant allowed him to use the expedited "known crewmember" TSA lane and bypass most security checks.

The complaint said investigators and Transportation Security Administration agents observed the Brazilian using the known-crewmember line at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport to access the secure area of the airport, which was part of the terminal that required a security check to enter.

https://www.businessinsider.com/united-flight-attendant-worked-under-false-identity-for-23-years-2022-1