They will probably get a cash award and a certificate.
If the guy was intoxicated and an alert screener smelled it and stopped the guy from endangering 123 people then he should be rewarded (think if your family would have been on the flight).
That said, the report reads that the guy blew a .
039. If the legal limit is .04 than why was he arrested?
Pilot accused of being under the influence ordered released
By Pamela Manson
and Brent Israelsen
The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted: 5:02:40 PM- A Southwest Airlines pilot whom police removed from a cockpit Sunday morning on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol appeared in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City on Monday afternoon to face an alcohol-related charge.
Carl Fulton, 41, of Fort Worth, Texas, was brought before U.S.
Magistrate Paul Warner, who ordered Fulton released on his own recognizance. Warner also ordered Fulton, who was dressed in his pilot uniform, not to consume alcohol or drugs Related Articles
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But Warner declined a prosecution request to ground Fulton, saying that was a matter for Southwest Airlines, given that the accusation against Fulton has not been proved yet.
U.S. prosecutors earlier Monday filed a criminal complaint against Fulton, charging him with operation of a common carrier under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The complaint alleges that Fulton - who was removed from Southwest Flight 136 shortly before its scheduled 8 a.m. take-off at Salt Lake City International Airport - blew a
0.039 blood-alcohol level during a breath-analysis test about an hour later.
The level is just under Utah's legal limit for pilots of 0.04 percent and well below the 0.08 percent limit for motorists.
Under federal law, anyone with a blood-alcohol level of 0.10 or above is presumed intoxicated. If the level is less than that, prosecutors must prove that Fulton had alcohol or drugs in his blood and that he was impaired.
So far, police and prosecutors have released no evidence that Fulton was impaired. For example, there are no publicized reports that he moved awkwardly, slurred his speech or misperformed his tasks in the co-pilot seat in the Southwest aircraft.
Federal air marshals were tipped off to Fulton after a security screening officer noticed an odor of alcohol on Fulton's breath as he spoke to the officer.
According to the complaint, Fulton told federal investigators that he had consumed two "large beers" at Brewvies, 677 S. 200 West, on Saturday night during a screening of "Mission Impossible III." He said he then returned to his hotel, the Red Lion, 161 W. 600 South, where he had another beer in the lobby bar.
After one of the investigators explained that it would have been possible for Fulton to have a blood-alcohol level of nearly 0.039 percent the following morning, Fulton stated he had also consumed a "grenade of vodka."
Fulton is scheduled to appear again before Warner on July 28.
Prosecutors said they plan to present their case to a federal grand jury in the meantime.
