737 pilot fined for flying under the influence

An airline pilot, reported by passengers for flying his Boeing 737 erratically, was fined 1,500 euros (USD$1,845) on Wednesday after a breath test showed he had been drinking, German police said.
The pilot worked for a north African airline and was flying from Morocco to Dusseldorf in western Germany. Police declined to name his airline.
Police have launched an investigation against the pilot for “endangering air traffic” and the civil aviation authority had confiscated the plane’s flight recorder.
“Several of the 108 passengers complained about the pilot’s ‘erratic’ flying style,” Dusseldorf police said in a statement.