Overview
- Haden Pentecost, 41, admitted performing an aviation function while impaired at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court.
- He was found naked and incoherent in a lavatory on a California-to-London flight after being stood down from duties.
- Colleagues monitored him every 20 minutes during the flight, and paramedics took him to hospital on arrival at Heathrow.
- A blood test presented in court showed methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system.
- British Airways dismissed him and confirmed he no longer works for the airline; he was granted bail pending sentencing at Isleworth Crown Court.