Overview

• Haden Pentecost, 41, pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court to performing an aviation function while impaired by drugs.
• Court testimony said a blood test showed methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system after the San Francisco–to–London flight.
• He was stood down before departure for failing pre‑flight safety checks, later found naked and incoherent in a lavatory, and monitored every 20 minutes in flight.
• The captain sought medical help, and paramedics met the aircraft at Heathrow before taking Pentecost to hospital for assessment.
• British Airways has dismissed him and confirmed he no longer works for the airline, while he was granted bail pending sentencing at crown court.