Overview

• Police video captures officers questioning pilot David Allsop at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in January after reports he might be under the influence.
• Allsop tells officers he had about three light beers roughly 10 hours earlier as they note an odor they say is consistent with alcohol.
• He initially declines but then performs field sobriety tests that officers say he failed, and he later refuses a blood draw before being taken into custody.
• Officers on camera reference Georgia’s “DUI Less Safe” provision related to intent to operate a commercial aircraft, and the pilot is escorted from the jet bridge.
• Southwest says the employee was removed from duty and customers were accommodated, while FAA rules bar crewmembers from flying within eight hours of drinking and set a 0.04% BAC limit.