The Flying Pirates are a pirate crew formerly led by Vander Decken IX, floating over the ocean floor and endangering the citizens of Fishman Island. The crew is possibly named after the flagship used by Vander Deckens for nine generations, the Flying Dutchman. The captains of the Flying Pirates and the New Fishman Pirates had sworn an alliance with each other before the captains betrayed one another. Upon Decken's arrest and imprisonment, the crew's status is currently unknown.