Oh you Westies are so perfect. Bahaha. Need we refresh your memory?
Need we refresh yours? Or did you conveniently forget.....this happened last year not 5 years ago. He was just lucky that, unlike Miami Dade County police, the LAPD didn't need the camera time:
Pilot Detained Before Flight At LAX
POSTED: 4:40 pm PDT April 7, 2006
UPDATED: 5:30 pm PDT April 7, 2006
LOS ANGELES -- A US Airways flight to Philadelphia was delayed Friday after a pilot was alleged to have been under the influence of alcohol, an airline spokesman said.
Los Angeles International Airport police detained the pilot before he boarded the plane, and conducted a test that determined he was not legally intoxicated, airline spokesman Phil Gee said. The pilot was released and will not face any legal charges, Gee said.
"The pilot was detained by airport police for allegations of being under the influence. The pilot has been relieved of his duties and is now under investigation. US Airways has another pilot that will fly the plane and its passengers to Philadelphia."
The company was continuing to investigate whether the pilot had been drinking because it has a stricter standard for its pilots than the legal standard for intoxication.
The blood-alcohol level for US Airways pilots is lower than the .04 percent limit allowed by the Federal Aviation Administration. That standard is half California's .08 percent legal limit for driving.
The incident started when someone in the airport complained that the pilot smelled of alcohol. The pilot's name and other information were not released.
Airport police referred calls to the airline.
The scheduled 1:45 p.m. flight to Philadelphia left Los Angeles two hours late.
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and US Airways detained the pilot.