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Rhino
07-10-2006, 09:44 AM
Southwest Airlines Co-Pilot Arrested on Suspicion of Intoxication

Monday, July 10, 2006

SALT LAKE CITY — A Southwest Airlines co-pilot was arrested minutes before takeoff Sunday, after a security screener reported that his breath smelled of alcohol, authorities said.

Carl Fulton, 41, of Fort Worth, Texas, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion of operating a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a federal offense.

A Transportation Security Agency screener reported to supervisors that the co-pilot's breath smelled of alcohol when he went through a security screening line, FBI spokesman Patrick Kiernan said........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202738,00.html

Foquet
07-10-2006, 09:45 AM
"And thank you for flying Northwest....."

(Although, Southwest in the case. Made me think of the above riff from MST3K whenever they showed an old plane or a drunk guy).

Beowulf
07-10-2006, 03:51 PM
Pilots union will get him off.

Rhino
07-11-2006, 06:09 AM
He's hiring Ted Kennedy's lawyer.