A newly published video reveals a Southwest pilot confessing to consuming ‘three beers’ prior to a failed sobriety test.

Authorities have unveiled shocking footage of a commercial airline pilot who did not pass a sobriety test just before takeoff.

Authorities have made public a video showing a Southwest Airlines pilot failing a sobriety test just prior to takeoff in January.

David Allsop, 52, from New Hampshire, was arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport around 7 a.m. on January 7, according to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office.

Bodycam footage from the police reveals officers interrogating Allsop after they received notifications suggesting that the pilot may have been impaired just before Southwest Flight 3772 was set to depart Georgia for Chicago.

The pilot acknowledged consuming “a few beers” 10 hours prior to the flight, prompting the officer to seek clarification.

Officers detected the scent of alcohol and asked Allsop to undergo a field sobriety test, despite the pilot’s initial assertion that there was “no need.”

“A few beers,” Allsop reiterated.

“Define a few beers?” the officer asked again.

“Like three,” the pilot said. “Light beer, Miller Lite.”

Allsop eventually acquiesced, and video evidence reveals him trying to walk in a straight line, although officials concluded that he remained under the influence.

 

Allsop was taken into custody, resulting in a four-hour delay for the flight, which eventually departed at 11 a.m. According to Southwest Airlines, passengers were either rebooked or placed on alternative flights.

“Customers were accommodated on other flights, and we apologize for the disruption to their travel plans,” a spokesperson said at the time. “There’s nothing more important to Southwest than the safety of our employees and customers.”

The Federal Aviation Administration forbids pilots from drinking alcohol within eight hours prior to a flight.

Additionally, they are not permitted to have a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.04% or greater.