Former Alaska Airlines pilot to plead guilty to flying under the influence

A former Alaska Airlines pilot has agreed to plead guilty to flying a commercial jetliner while under the influence of alcohol under an agreement that calls for him to serve a year in prison, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. David Hans Arntson was found by random breathalyser tests June 20, 2014, to have a blood alcohol level of 0.134% and 0.142% following an Alaska Airlines flight, said a US attorney for the Central District of Los Angeles. The federal limit for pilots is 0.04%. On the day that Arntson tested positive, he had flown an Alaska Airlines flight from San Diego International Airport to Portland, Oregon, and another from Portland to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, prosecutors said. The airline removed Arntson from his duties as a pilot following the test. <br/>