A Southwest Airlines pilot was charged with driving under the influence as he prepared to fly. David Paul Allsop was going through pre-flight checks when police entered the cockpit. A TSA agent contacted police after screening him, saying he smelled of alcohol and seemed intoxicated.

A New Hampshire pilot arrested Wednesday morning at a Georgia airport for driving under the influence was in the cockpit performing pre-flight checks when he was removed from the plane.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested Wednesday after being removed from the cockpit at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia on suspicion of drunkenness.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit ahead of Wednesday's flight from Savannah, Georgia, to Chicago's Midway Airport and was booked with driving under the influence (DUI), according to reports in American media on Thursday.