As I speculated earlier in the thread:
The last UAL guy at LHR did OK in crown court after producing character witnesses, maybe this one will also walk with a suspended sentence on the criminal charges
Captain Washington's lawyer commented to the Court on the light sentences meted out in similar cases of U.S. pilots over the alcohol limit:
Referring to similar cases, Humphreys said an American Airlines pilot who recorded a reading of 39 milligrams of alcohol was given a fine last July, Another pilot who had 60 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood was given a suspended sentence.
Erwin Vermont Washington Pleads Guilty To Being Drunk While Trying To Fly United Plane
What exactly does the 'ten-month sentence suspended for two years' mean?