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  • Pilots accused of being drunk in cockpit indicted

    07/08/2004 6:26:25 PM PDT · by Archangelsk · 1 replies · 255+ views
    CNN ^ | July 8, 2004 | N/A
    MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Two former America West Airlines pilots surrendered Thursday on federal charges of being under the influence of alcohol while they were behind the controls of a passenger aircraft. Capt. Thomas Cloyd and co-pilot Christopher Hughes appeared Thursday afternoon before a U.S. magistrate and were released on $100,000 bond each. The federal grand jury indictment was unsealed Wednesday. If convicted, each man could be sentenced to as many as 15 years in prison and fined up to $250,000. Both men were declared indigent by the magistrate and were given public defenders. James Rubin, an attorney who...