Overview
- Margit Lake, 56, resigned from United Airlines days after the October 17 flight following 26 years with the carrier.
- On arrival at Heathrow Terminal 2, paramedics treated her, noting the smell of alcohol and low blood pressure before hospital testing and arrest.
- A blood alcohol reading of 216 mg per 100 ml was recorded, far above the UK crew limit of 26 mg per 100 ml.
- The court imposed a £1,461 fine plus a £584 victim surcharge and £85 in costs, ruling out a potential prison sentence.
- Reports state she brought her own mini vodka bottles onto the flight and said she drank to calm her nerves.