Canadian man Dallas Pokornik, 33, has been extradited to the US from Panama to face charges of wire fraud.

Over a period of four years, he is alleged to have falsely claimed he was an airline pilot and presented a fictitious employee identification card to obtain hundreds of flights at no cost on three different airlines.

He is alleged to have requested a jump seat in the cockpit of the aircraft, despite not being a pilot and therefore not having the required airman’s certificate, though court documents are unclear whether this was granted.

Pokornik is being tried in a federal court in Hawaii and, if convicted, faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release.