Original Blog Entry: JetBlue pilot has midair meltdown

time*treat — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:47:11 GMT

Best thing is that he left the pit instead of having time to bring the plane down.

How did Thievery Sexual Assault miss this? Too many hotties in line goodies in the luggage, that day?

An affidavit by an FBI agent shows trouble for the flight started before the Airbus A320 took off from New York City's LaGuardia Airport enroute to Las Vegas with 141 passengers and crew.

Osbon was late arriving at the airport, and missed the routine pre-flight crew briefing, agent John Whitworth said in the affidavit. Whitworth said problems continued as the plane took off. - Then the flight shouldn't have taken off.

Flight 191 was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, on Tuesday, following what authorities described as erratic behavior by Capt. Clayton Frederick Osbon, who allegedly ran through the cabin before passengers tackled him in the galley. -- There's video of it, but it's still alleged .

passengers tackled him -- Not armed Air Marshalls, passengers.

Anyone notice how you keep paying for protection you aren't getting?

Here's a gem Doctors must rely on self disclosure by a pilot on questionnaires about any mental health issues . Yeah, like on the HIPPA form where they ask if you're a terr'izt. Wonder how many they've caught that way.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/us-usa-crime-jetblue-pilot-idUSBRE82R1GF20120329

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