Guilty Plea For Drunk United Pilot

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 5, 2010 7:20PM

There was a guilty plea today from the United Airlines pilot pulled off a Chicago-bound plane before take-off at London's Heathrow Airport in November. Erwin Vermont Washington had been accused by a co-worker of being drunk before the flight which resulted in his arrest. He entered the plea in Uxbridge Magistrates Court today but the chief magistrate ordered he be sentenced by another court because the most they could punish Washington with is an $8,000 fine. Instead, he'll be sentenced next month in Isleworth Crown Court in London where he could face up to two years in jail.