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US Airways chief arrested on drunk driving charge - Feb. 9, 2007:
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) -- Doug Parker, the chief executive of US Airways, was arrested late on Jan. 31 on suspicion of drunk driving, a spokesman for the Scottsdale Police Department said on Friday.
The incident occurred hours after Parker pulled US Airways' (Charts) bid to acquire larger, bankrupt rival Delta Air Lines (Charts) after Delta creditors rejected the bid.
U.S. Airways CEO Doug Parker was arrested on charges of suspected DUI on January 31st.
Officers on a special DUI taskforce clocked the CEO driving 20 m.p.h. over the 45 m.p.h. speed limit in his BMW car in Scottsdale, a city in the Phoenix valley area.
"When the officer pulled Parker over, he noticed the smell of alcohol on his breath, and that he had watery eyes and slurry speech," spokesman Mark Clark told Reuters.
Parker told police that he was driving back from a party at the FBR Open golf tournament, where he drank three beers.