SAVANNAH, Ga. — Airport police in Georgia released body camera footage of a pilot’s January arrest on a DUI charge as he was making pre-flight checks for a Southwest Airlines flight.

David Allsop, 52, was identified as the pilot arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia, police say. 

Allsop, whose criminal charges are still pending, was stopped by police after a TSA agent encouraged police to track down the pilot since he “smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated.”

Police confronted Allsop while he was making final preparations in the plane packed with passengers heading from Savannah, Georgia to Chicago, Illinois. 

The body camera footage shows Allsop interacting with police, telling them he had three beers “ten hours ago at least.” 

At first he declined to do a field sobriety test because he told them “there’s no need.”

“Well I can smell an odor consistent with an alcoholic beverage,” the officer can be heard saying in the footage. 

Allsop blames the smell on his nicotine gum and eventually does field sobriety tests in the jet bridge. 

In a police report filed at the time of the arrest in January, police said the pilot gave off ”a strong odor of what seemed to be alcohol” and had “bloodshot, watery eyes and a flushed complexion.”

In the body camera video, police talk among themselves about his results and ultimately offered to give him a blood-alcohol test. 

“Even if I gave you blood, nothing would change,” Allsop said. “Nothing’s going to change your mind.” 

“That is your willful choice that you are willing to make,” the officer replied. 

Allsop was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after refusing the blood-alcohol test and grabbing his things off the plane. 

Allsop’s license was revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration and criminal charges against him are pending, according to WJCL.

Southwest Airlines said the employee was immediately removed from duty following the arrest.

The Federal Aviation Administration says regulations “prohibit pilots from using alcohol while on duty or from flying, or attempting to fly, an aircraft within 8 hours of consuming alcohol or if they have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.04% or greater.” 

The Associated Press and CNN Newsource contributed to this report.