Southwest Airline Pilot
I am a Hero …
I Did not Fail Area Sobriety Checks!!!
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A Southwest Airways pilot who cops say failed a number of area sobriety assessments minutes earlier than he was purported to fly is denying doing so … regardless of being arrested on the jet bridge.
David Allsop — a 52-year-old pilot that is been flying with Southwest for 20 years — tells TMZ in an announcement by way of his legal professional David Chaiken that the physique cam video of his arrest reveals the “apparent” — that he dedicated no crime.
He additionally claims “specialists” have reviewed the footage and decided officers implementing the sphere sobriety assessments did so with out following “correct procedures.” He provides … “These procedures are in place for a cause, to forestall errors like this one.”
Chaiken additionally praises his shopper as an “American hero,” reminding folks he served his nation “for over a decade flying fight missions and particular operations missions for the U.S. Air Pressure.”
You may see within the bodycam video we printed that Allsop admitted to police he had 3 Miller Lights earlier than the flight, however stated they had been consumed 10 hours earlier than the incident.
When the officer talked about he smelled one thing in line with alcohol, Allsop blamed it on his nicotine pouches.
Anyway … the pilot ended up being arrested and didn’t get within the cockpit of the aircraft.
He was reportedly charged with DUI.
