Southwest pilot pulled from cockpit by cops in front of stunned passengers after ‘showing up to work drunk’ - The flight was delayed by more than four hours, records show

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested by police at the Savannah airport and charged with driving under the influence.

WELL, NEW TONIGHT, A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SACRAMENTO HEADED TO PORTLAND HAS BEEN DIVERTED TO OAKLAND. ACCORDING TO FLIGHTAWARE, THE PLANE DEPARTED FROM SACRAMENTO AT 746 THIS EVENING AND ...

David Paul Allsop, 52, of Bedford, New Hampshire, faces a DUI charge following his arrest at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, according to records from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. Allsop has been a licensed pilot since 2008.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested Wednesday at a Georgia airport just before takeoff and accused of driving under the influence, according to airline officials and authorities in Georgia. A passenger told CNN affiliate WTOC on Wednesday he saw police escort the pilot off the plane.

Shares of JetBlue Airways (JBLU) and Southwest Airlines (LUV) experienced a decline on Thursday after Bank of America (BofA) analysts issued a downgrade on both stocks, citing concerns over rising costs and weakening demand in the airline sector.

Authorities say an airline pilot who seemed to smell like alcohol was making pre-flight checks in the cockpit when police arrested him on a DUI charge.

Airline stocks were mixed on Friday after Bank of America upgraded American Airlines Group Inc. and downgraded Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp., predicting that the network carriers will continue to outperform low-cost airlines due to demand for premium travel.

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: NYSE:LUV), a $19.29 billion market cap carrier currently trading below its InvestingPro Fair Value, has successfully completed the International Air Transport Association's Operational Safety Audit (IOSA),

Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.

The U.S. Department of Transportation sued Southwest Airlines Wednesday, alleging it illegally operates flights that are persistently delayed, harming passengers and fair competition in the airline industry.