An intoxicated United Airlines pilot, who turned up for a Transatlantic flight 'staggering' and with 'glassy' eyes, was given a 6-month suspended prison sentence, report says

• A United Airlines pilot showed up for work over six-times the legal alcohol limit, Le Parisien reported.
• "He was staggering slightly, his eyes were glassy and his mouth pasty," a police officer said.
• He was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and had his licence suspended for a year.

A United Airlines pilot who showed up to work under the influence of alcohol was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence by a French court on Tuesday, Le Parisien reported.