Southwest pilot pulled from cockpit by cops in front of stunned passengers after ‘showing up to work drunk’ - The flight was delayed by more than four hours, records show

David Paul Allsop, 52, of Bedford, New Hampshire, faces a DUI charge following his arrest at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, according to records from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. Allsop has been a licensed pilot since 2008.

WELL, NEW TONIGHT, A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM SACRAMENTO HEADED TO PORTLAND HAS BEEN DIVERTED TO OAKLAND. ACCORDING TO FLIGHTAWARE, THE PLANE DEPARTED FROM SACRAMENTO AT 746 THIS EVENING AND ...

A total of 1,306 flights were canceled and 414 flights were delayed, as of 5.13 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Southwest Airlines canceled 264 flights, the most among carriers, followed by American Airlines at 176. Carriers ...

Airlines such as Southwest and American Airlines issued ... 1,026 delays in the U.S., according to flight tracking website FlightAware. More than half of the flights out of Washington Reagan ...

More than 2,100 U.S. flights have been canceled, and more than 7,200 others have been delayed as of 6 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Southwest and American Airlines ...

according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Many of those cancellations are around Dallas, a hub for both American and Southwest Airlines. Nearly 20% of all American Airlines flights and 9% ...

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested Wednesday at a Georgia airport just before takeoff and accused of driving under the influence, according to airline officials and authorities in Georgia. A passenger told CNN affiliate WTOC on Wednesday he saw police escort the pilot off the plane.

Shares of JetBlue Airways (JBLU) and Southwest Airlines (LUV) experienced a decline on Thursday after Bank of America (BofA) analysts issued a downgrade on both stocks, citing concerns over rising costs and weakening demand in the airline sector.

Authorities say an airline pilot who seemed to smell like alcohol was making pre-flight checks in the cockpit when police arrested him on a DUI charge.

Airline stocks were mixed on Friday after Bank of America upgraded American Airlines Group Inc. and downgraded Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp., predicting that the network carriers will continue to outperform low-cost airlines due to demand for premium travel.