An American Delta Airlines pilot has been sentenced to 10 months in jail in Scotland after reporting for work intoxicated when he was scheduled to fly to New York last year.

Lawrence Barbiers Russell Jr, 63, was supposed to captain a flight from Edinburgh, Scotland, to New York City on June, 16, 2023, but he was arrested after a half-empty bottle of Jägermeister was found in his bag, and his blood alcohol content exceeded the legal limit, the court said in a statement Tuesday.

Russell, of Georgia, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty on March 5 in Edinburgh Sheriff Court to a charge of reporting for duty as pilot while exceeding the prescribed blood alcohol limit.

His blood alcohol reading that day was found to be at least 49 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood — which exceeds Scotland’s prescribed limit for pilots of 20 milligrams. The court noted the limit for car drivers is 50 milligrams.

The day of that 2023 flight, Russell’s flight was scheduled to depart at 10:35 a.m. He arrived at Edinburgh Airport’s baggage control at 9:15 a.m. wearing his pilot’s uniform.

As he went through security, his bag was manually searched due “to the volume of liquids within it.”

“Your bag was found to contain two bottles of Jägermeister, one of which was open and was just under half full. Because you were wearing a pilot’s uniform, police were contacted,” Court Sheriff Alison Stirling wrote in a statement.

Russell told police he had drank the night prior. He failed a breath test and was reportedly “upset” after failing.

At 10:12 a.m. he was arrested and taken to the Livingston Police Office, where he agreed to give a blood sample, resulting in his blood alcohol content reading.

In the U.S. the Federal Aviation Administration has rules that pilots and crew members may not consume alcohol within eight hours of flying and cannot have a blood alcohol content level exceeding .