A JetBlue pilot was removed from the cockpit after taking a breathalyzer minutes before takeoff and blowing four times over the limit after consuming up to '10 tallboys around midnight.' James Clifton, 52, of Orlando, , blew a 0.17 - which is four times over the legal limit for a pilot and double the normal limit - before an early morning 6.15am flight on Wednesday. In addition, pilots and crew members are not permitted to consume within eight hours of their shift, the Federal Aviation Administration said.Clifton reportedly told police he had five or six drinks the night before and had not been drinking the morning of the flight, according to . He later corrected himself and said he had up to eight drinks.
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