Delta pilot gets 10 months in jail for showing up to flight drunk with half-empty bottle of Jägermeister

A Delta pilot who showed up drunk to a flight has been sentenced to 10 months in jail by a Scottish court. 

Lawrence Russell Jr. pled guilty to reporting for duty as a pilot while exceeding the prescribed blood alcohol limit, according to a sentencing statement released by the Judiciary of Scotland. Such statements are released at a judge's discretion. 

Russell, an American citizen from Georgia, was scheduled to fly a Boeing 767 aircraft from Edinburgh International Airport to New York City's JFK International Airport in June 2023. He arrived at the airport at 9:15 a.m. local time, about 90 minutes before the flight was scheduled to depart.