An American Airlines pilot who was arrested at Manchester Airport in February on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol will appear at Manchester Crown Court next month, where he will be formally charged.
J**** ****s, who is 46 and from the US state of Ohio, was arrested at a security checkpoint on 11 February ahead of a Boeing 767-operated flight to Chicago for which he was scheduled to be the relief first officer.
A spokesman for the UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says ****s appeared before Trafford Magistrates Court in Manchester on 10 August, where his case was committed to the city’s Crown Court on Minshull Street. The Crown Court hearing will take place on 28 September.
****s is being charged under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 with carrying out an “aviation function when over the prescribed limit”, says the CPS spokesman.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news