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A Delta pilot who showed up drunk to a flight has been sentenced to 10 months in jail by a Scottish court.
Lawrence Russell Jr. pled guilty to reporting for duty as a pilot while exceeding the prescribed blood alcohol limit, according to a sentencing statement released by the Judiciary of Scotland. Such statements are released at a judge’s discretion.
Russell, an American citizen from Georgia, was scheduled to fly a Boeing 767 aircraft from Edinburgh International Airport to New York City’s JFK International Airport in June 2023. He arrived at the airport at 9:15 a.m. local time, about 90 minutes before the flight was scheduled to depart.
Russell, 63, showed up wearing his pilot’s uniform, complete with a lanyard and crew pass identifying him as a Delta Airlines employee, and attempted to go through security.
However, the x-ray screener rejected his bag due to liquids inside. When security agents searched his bag, they found two bottles of Jägermeister liquor. One bottle was open and “just under half full,” the report states.
Russel claimed the bottles were from the previous evening, and said he had not been drinking that morning. However, he failed a breath test, which showed levels “twice the legal alcohol limit for pilots.”
Since the incident occurred, Russel has undergone treatment for alcoholism, and the judge agreed to reduce his sentence from 15 months to 10 months because he has not had an alcoholic drink for 277 days.
A Delta pilot who showed up drunk to a flight has been sentenced to 10 months in jail by a Scottish court.
https://t.co/8ZMsMQYfbK— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 20, 2024
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