Here's today's update:
State: Pilots in rehab
The Associated Press
Posted July 23, 2002, 3:03 PM EDT
MIAMI -- Two America West pilots accused of being drunk when they tried to fly a jetliner are in alcohol rehabilitation and are set for release a day after their next scheduled court date, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Lawyers for Thomas Porter Cloyd and Christopher Hughes have requested a Wednesday hearing to ask a judge to move their Aug. 1 court appearance because the pilots will be in alcohol rehabilitation in Arizona until Aug. 2, Assistant State Attorney Ronald Ramsingh said. The men entered the 28-day program days after they were arrested July 1 in Miami, Ramsingh said. He said he didn't know which center the men were in...
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Hard to say if this will let them cop a plea and stay out of prison (assuming they are found guilty), it sometimes works in "celebrity" substance abuse cases.
Here's a copy of the infamous bar tab:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/pilottab1.html