Tomasz Wisniewski รีทวีตแล้ว

The last thing you would think you needed to worry about while getting on a flight would be if your pilot was flying while intoxicated.
David Paul Allsop, a 52-year-old captain for Southwest Airlines, was in the cockpit preparing for Flight 3772 from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport to Chicago Midway international airport when airport police intervened.
The intervention started after a TSA agent reported smelling alcohol on Allsop as he passed through the security checkpoint.
Officers met the pilot on the aircraft and asked him to step onto the jet bridge for questioning.
During the interaction, Allsop claimed the smell was actually his nicotine gum—at which point a breath mint fell out of his mouth, leading to a clumsy attempt to retrieve it.
In the end Alldop admitted to drinking "three Miller Lites" about 10 hours prior, which is close to the FAA’s "8 hours bottle-to-throttle" rule.
After struggling with field sobriety tests (failing two out of three), Allsop refused a blood test, stating "nothing is going to change your mind." He was arrested on the spot for DUI.
The fallout was swift and permanent as Southwest Airlines terminated Allsop’s employment shortly after the incident.
The FAA officially revoked his pilot certificates, effectively ending his 20-year career.
Allsop’s legal team has since argued that the field sobriety tests were administered improperly, but with no medical or pilot certificates remaining, his days in the cockpit are over.
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