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Pilot Irfan Faiz was four times over alcohol limit | |
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An airline pilot has admitted being four-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit just before being due to fly from Leeds Bradford Airport. | |
Irfan Faiz, 54, from Pakistan, was detained by police in the cockpit of a Pakistan International Airways Airbus shortly after 22:00 BST on Wednesday. | |
Magistrates in Leeds heard Faiz had been unsteady on his feet before the flight to Pakistan. | |
The court heard he also smelled of alcohol. | |
Faiz was charged with carrying out an activity ancillary to an aviation function while impaired by drink. | |
The court was told he was four-and-a-half times over the legal limit to fly. |