Talk about embarrassing and avoiding a potential disaster, risking the lives of many airline passengers.

Not sure if you heard the news about David Paul Allsop, a Southwest Airlines Pilot.

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Allsop was removed from the cockpit of Southwest Airlines flight 3772 due to suspicion of intoxication.

You read that right: an airline pilot was arrested for DUI at an airport.

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Reports were that Allsop smelled of alcohol and showed signs of him being drunk.

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He was arrested just before a fight when he was supposed to pilot from Savannah, Georgia, to Chicago's Midway Airport.

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Concerns over Allsop's "fitness to operate the aircraft safely" came into question, and it should be noted that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prohibits pilots from consuming alcohol within eight hours of a flight or operating with a breath alcohol concentration of .04 or higher.

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Following the incident, passengers were placed on other flights to Chicago.

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As someone who has flown the same route that Allsop was set to pilot today, those accommodations for passengers are pretty much going to suck as that is about the only direct flight out of Savannah to Chicago out of the Savannah/Hilton Head Airport.

That is unless Southwest puts its passengers on other flights to get them to their destination.

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That said, I sure am glad Allsop was busted before he got up in the air. There's no telling what could have happened.

Allsop's bail was set at $3500 and has since been released. The FAA and Southwest Airlines will continue to follow up on the situation.

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