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Moment Southwest Pilot FAILS Sobriety Test Before Takeoff Captured on Bodycam Footage
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8:43Now PlayingNewly released police bodycam footage showed the moment an allegedly boozed-up Southwest Airlines pilot failed a sobriety test and was pulled from the cockpit and arrested at a Georgia airport moments before take off earlier this year.
Pilot David Paul Allsop, 52, was about to take off from Savannah Hilton Head Airport at 7 a.m. on Jan. 15 en route to Chicago when two officers asked the glassy-eyed airman to prove his sobriety, ABC Chicago reported.
Video showed Allsop, a New Hampshire resident, exit the cabin door of Southwest Flight 3772 and confront two officers who suspected the pilot of already having his feet off the ground.
“When was the last time you had a drink?” the police officer wearing the bodycam asked.
“Last night,” Allsop replied, breaking eye contact with the cop.
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