Guilty! | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

 Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.06.24

Airborne-NextGen-04.30.24

 Airborne-Unlimited-05.01.24 Airborne-AffordableFlyers--05.02.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.03.24

Wed, Jun 08, 2005

Guilty!

Cloyd, Hughes Convicted Of Trying To Fly Drunk

Two defrocked America West pilots were convicted in Miami Federal Court Wednesday of trying to fly while still under the influence of a night-long drinking binge.

As ANN reported, Thomas Cloyd and Christopher Hughes admit they spent all night in a sports bar, drinking beer, then boarded America West Flight 556 from Miami to Phoenix with blood-alcohol levels of approximately 0.08 percent. As they were being towed from the gate, the TSA stopped the aircraft and it was boarded by Miami-Dade police officers. Cloyd and Hughes were arrested on the spot.

It took the Miami-Dade County jury of six men about six hours to render their verdict. In their decision, it was obvious the panel didn't go for the pilots' argument that they may have been legally drunk according to Florida law, but they weren't actually operating the aircraft at the time they were arrested. As the verdicts were read in open court, Cloyd and Hughes turned to the gallery and hugged their wives.

Both pilots were led from the courtroom, photographed and fingerprinted. They'll be back in Miami-Dade Circuit Court July 20th for sentencing. Both men had offered to plead guilty and serve 14 months in prison. Judge David Young earlier rejected that proposal.

Both men face up to five years in prison.

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.americawest.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.04.24)

Aero Linx: JAARS Nearly 1.5 billion people, using more than 5,500 languages, do not have a full Bible in their first language. Many of these people live in the most remote parts of>[...]

NTSB Final Report: Quest Aircraft Co Inc Kodiak 100

'Airplane Bounced Twice On The Grass Runway, Resulting In The Nose Wheel Separating From The Airplane...' Analysis: The pilot reported, “upon touchdown, the plane jumped back>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.04.24)

"Burt is best known to the public for his historic designs of SpaceShipOne, Voyager, and GlobalFlyer, but for EAA members and aviation aficionados, his unique concepts began more t>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.05.24)

"Polaris Dawn, the first of the program’s three human spaceflight missions, is targeted to launch to orbit no earlier than summer 2024. During the five-day mission, the crew >[...]

Read/Watch/Listen... ANN Does It All

There Are SO Many Ways To Get YOUR Aero-News! It’s been a while since we have reminded everyone about all the ways we offer your daily dose of aviation news on-the-go...so he>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Change Display

Headlines Only | Headlines w/ Teasers | View Everything

Advertisement

Top Videos

Airborne-NextGen 05.07.24: AI-Piloted F-16, AgEagle, 1st 2 WorldView Sats

Airborne 05.06.24: Gone West-Dick Rutan, ICON BK Update, SpaceX EVA Suit

Airborne 05.03.24: Advanced Powerplant Solutions, PRA Runway Woes, Drone Racing

See All

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC