Overview

• Camera footage shows a TSA officer smelling alcohol on Allsop’s breath during pre-flight checks and summoning airport police at vannah/HiHilton Head International Airport.
• The video records Allsop failing two of three field sobriety tests on the jet bridge and refusing to submit to a blood-alcohol test.
• Southwest employees sought to perform their own drug and alcohol screening but state officers proceeded with the DUI arrest under Georgia law.
• The Chicago-bound flight was held at the gate for nearly five hours before a replacement pilot was found and passengers were re-accommodated.
• The FAA revoked Allsop’s pilot certificate in March, Southwest terminated his employment, and the case is now with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for potential federal charges.