Sussex Police statement this morning:-
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “At about 8.25pm on Thursday (18 January), police received a report of a member of airline staff suspected to have been under the influence at Gatwick Airport. A 49-year-old man from Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Hillingdon, was arrested on suspicion of performing an aviation function when the level of alcohol was over the prescribed limit. He was taken into police custody and has now been released under investigation.”