Flight instructor featured prominently in CNN's coverage fired for 'shaming Canadians'

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Flight instructor featured prominently in CNN's coverage fired for 'shaming Canadians'
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The Canadian flight simulation instructor featured prominently in CNN's blanket coverage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has been fired. The instructor's employer, uFly, said that Mitchell Casado's outfits of frumpy plaid shirts and drab jeans "shamed Canadians," and added that he was regularly tardy to work.

CNN has regularly aired coverage featuring Casado and reporter Martin Savidge since the jetliner went missing more than a month ago. The pair have been holed in the fake cockpit at the company's Toronto office to show viewers what the inside of a Boeing 777 looks like. Casado's constant appearances made him a minor celebrity on the internet, but his 15 minutes of fame ran out Wednesday, when he didn't show up to work when customers had the simulator booked, reports CBC News.

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Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.