Harry Hartsough, 51, a Dallas-based pilot, was taken to the District Court cellblock, where he posted $100 bail, sheriff’s administrator John Borges said today.

The incident occurred at 3:45 p.m. when the pilot was asked to remove his shoe and then his jacket, Borges said. He grew angry with checkpoint screeners and at one point, started throwing his shoes around, Borges said. It was captured on a checkpoint security camera.

“He took off his jacket and swung it around and struck a security guy,” Borges said. “He’s a pilot. He should know better.”
Marilyn Kali, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman, said part of the jacket injured one of the screener’s eyes by scratching a cornea.

The pilot, who was scheduled to fly on American Airlines Flight 8 to Dallas, was replaced and the 4:45 p.m. flight delayed an hour, Kali said.