Remember the story of the pilot that swooped a Seattle-area airfield without permission?

Ian Wilkinson, the Cathay Pacific Airways pilot, who was fired last week after hot-dogging a 777-300ER passenger jet, supposedly at his boss's request?

We blogged about it here on GoGirlfriend when a YouTube video hit the airwaves. The incident had been hushed up before Matt's video became public.

Poor Ian didn't have a prayer once bloggers got a hold of him.

Ready for your flight?According to the Herald, Capt. Ian Wilkinson flew as low as 28 ft off the ground. He is appealing his firing, as is co-pilot, Ray Middleton, who was also suspended.

News reports are still saying the chairman, who was onboard during the flyby, was shocked. Read: we're very embarrassed that someone caught us and now Ian gets to be the fall guy.

The buzz on the blogosphere is that a tidy buy-off should make the whole thing go away. If a 50-year-old pilot is still pulling stunts like this, it might be a good thing to wrap up the career with a nice package.

And we can all thank be thankful Ian didn't let his judgment lapse in a "really" dangerous situation - one where the passengers weren't a bunch of overgrown kids gunning for a thrill.

Way to go Matt for being in the right place at the right time!

Do you think the pilot and copilot should be fired?