That is what I did when accused of being under the influence at SEA a couple of years ago. It was a 0600 sign in and some TSA genius reported smelling alcohol on the First Officer. It was a case of mistaken identity - the person that she thought was impaired was actually the Captain, who by the way was a Mormon and did not drink at all. He did however have some kind of fancy garlic pasta dinner the night before and he did reek of garlic. If both of our careers were not in jeopardy from an erroneous accusation it would have been hilarious. It took about three hours to clear it up (did I mention this was the last day of the rotation) as we both demanded to be tested. The DAL gate agent supervisor was super throughout the ordeal and backed us up the whole time.

Be careful guys.

Scoop