Overview

• Haden Pentecost, 41, admitted performing an aviation function while impaired at a hearing at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court and was released on bail.
• Colleagues found him naked and incoherent in a lavatory on a San Francisco–to–Heathrow flight after he failed pre-flight safety checks.
• Crew removed him from duty, dressed him, seated him under observation every 20 minutes, and consulted a medical professional during the flight.
• Paramedics met the aircraft at Heathrow and he was taken to a hospital; subsequent testing detected methamphetamine and amphetamines.
• British Airways has dismissed Pentecost, and he now awaits sentencing at crown court following the guilty plea.