JetBlue captain subdued after erratic behavior on flight
monster beats A JetBlue captain was locked out of the cockpit and wrestled to the floor by passengers after screaming about a bomb during a Las Vegas-bound Tuesday flight from New York.Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport Tuesday in Amarillo, Texas.Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport Tuesday in Amarillo, Texas.JetBlue said that the captain of Flight 191, which was diverted to Texas on Tuesday morning, had a "medical situation" and that an off-duty captain traveling on the flight entered the cockpit before the landing "and took over the duties of the ill crewmember once on the ground" in Amarillo.The co-pilot became concerned that the captain was behaving erratically during the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating in coordination with the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration and Amarillo police.
monster headphones "The captain had exited the cockpit during the flight, after which the co-pilot locked the door," said Brie Sachse, an FAA spokeswoman. "When the captain attempted to enter the locked cockpit, he was subdued by passengers."Tony Antolino, a 40-year-old executive for a security firm, said the captain walked to the back of the plane, seemed disoriented and agitated, then began yelling about an unspecified threat linked to Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan."They're going to take us down, they're taking us down, they're going to take us down. Say the Lord's Prayer, say the Lord's Prayer," the captain screamed, Antolino said.Heidi Karg, a passenger, told CNN that she heard a lot of commotion. She said a man was trying to get into the cockpit, shouting "I need the code, gimme the code, I need to get in there." Other passengers wrestled the captain to the floor, she said."We heard the word 'bomb,' " Karg said. "We didn't know exactly what was going on."JetBlue said the captain was taken by ambulance to a medical facility in Amarillo.
beats by dre headphones FBI spokeswoman Lydia Maese said authorities are investigating, but that she couldn't say more. Although flight attendants have had outbursts and had to be restrained, it's extraordinarily rare for a pilot. The incident raises questions about pilots' mental and physical fitness as well as passengers' safety when a captain and first officer are behind locked and hardened cockpit doors.Former pilot John Cox, president of Safety Operation Systems, said he could recall only a couple of incidents similar to Tuesday's in 40 years in commercial aviation.Cox said the first officer could have landed the plane safely, even without assistance from the off-duty captain. Cox said crew members are trained to restrain combative passengers under a program called Crew Resource Management that could have applied to the pilot."The same training to restrain an abusive passenger that presents a physical threat could be utilized against a crewmember," Cox said. "It was great that there was another captain that was on the flight that could assist the first officer. Had he not been there, though, the first officer is completely capable and trained to land the aircraft. There was never a risk to the passengers."
beats by dr dre Airline pilots must have a first-class medical certificate, which is renewed annually if the pilot is under 40 and every six months over that age, according to the FAA. As part of that process, the pilot must have a physical exam by an FAA-designated medical examiner, who assesses the pilot's psychological condition as part of the checkup. The examiner can also order additional psychological testing.No official mental health testing is required. Instead, pilots are trained to be on the lookout for any sign of mental distress among their peers. "The mental health side is constant monitoring from your co-workers," said Dave Funk, a retired Northwest Airlines captain now an aviation consultant with Laird & Associates.If someone's personality changes drastically, he said, "We're going to pull him aside. Management will get involved and not in a hostile fashion. We work with people.""I'd say the system functioned properly," Funk said. "There's a reason we have two pilots, there's a reason we have flight attendants … One healthy pilot on the flight deck who's qualified would have no problem landing the plane."JetBlue captain subdued after erratic behavior on flight
monster beats A JetBlue captain was locked out of the cockpit and wrestled to the floor by passengers after screaming about a bomb during a Las Vegas-bound Tuesday flight from New York.Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport Tuesday in Amarillo, Texas.Emergency workers tend to a JetBlue captain during a Las Vegas-bound flight from JFK International airport Tuesday in Amarillo, Texas.JetBlue said that the captain of Flight 191, which was diverted to Texas on Tuesday morning, had a "medical situation" and that an off-duty captain traveling on the flight entered the cockpit before the landing "and took over the duties of the ill crewmember once on the ground" in Amarillo.The co-pilot became concerned that the captain was behaving erratically during the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating in coordination with the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration and Amarillo police.
monster headphones "The captain had exited the cockpit during the flight, after which the co-pilot locked the door," said Brie Sachse, an FAA spokeswoman. "When the captain attempted to enter the locked cockpit, he was subdued by passengers."Tony Antolino, a 40-year-old executive for a security firm, said the captain walked to the back of the plane, seemed disoriented and agitated, then began yelling about an unspecified threat linked to Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan."They're going to take us down, they're taking us down, they're going to take us down. Say the Lord's Prayer, say the Lord's Prayer," the captain screamed, Antolino said.Heidi Karg, a passenger, told CNN that she heard a lot of commotion. She said a man was trying to get into the cockpit, shouting "I need the code, gimme the code, I need to get in there." Other passengers wrestled the captain to the floor, she said."We heard the word 'bomb,' " Karg said. "We didn't know exactly what was going on."JetBlue said the captain was taken by ambulance to a medical facility in Amarillo.
beats by dre headphones FBI spokeswoman Lydia Maese said authorities are investigating, but that she couldn't say more. Although flight attendants have had outbursts and had to be restrained, it's extraordinarily rare for a pilot. The incident raises questions about pilots' mental and physical fitness as well as passengers' safety when a captain and first officer are behind locked and hardened cockpit doors.Former pilot John Cox, president of Safety Operation Systems, said he could recall only a couple of incidents similar to Tuesday's in 40 years in commercial aviation.Cox said the first officer could have landed the plane safely, even without assistance from the off-duty captain. Cox said crew members are trained to restrain combative passengers under a program called Crew Resource Management that could have applied to the pilot."The same training to restrain an abusive passenger that presents a physical threat could be utilized against a crewmember," Cox said. "It was great that there was another captain that was on the flight that could assist the first officer. Had he not been there, though, the first officer is completely capable and trained to land the aircraft. There was never a risk to the passengers."
beats by dr dre Airline pilots must have a first-class medical certificate, which is renewed annually if the pilot is under 40 and every six months over that age, according to the FAA. As part of that process, the pilot must have a physical exam by an FAA-designated medical examiner, who assesses the pilot's psychological condition as part of the checkup. The examiner can also order additional psychological testing.No official mental health testing is required. Instead, pilots are trained to be on the lookout for any sign of mental distress among their peers. "The mental health side is constant monitoring from your co-workers," said Dave Funk, a retired Northwest Airlines captain now an aviation consultant with Laird & Associates.If someone's personality changes drastically, he said, "We're going to pull him aside. Management will get involved and not in a hostile fashion. We work with people.""I'd say the system functioned properly," Funk said. "There's a reason we have two pilots, there's a reason we have flight attendants … One healthy pilot on the flight deck who's qualified would have no problem landing the plane."
dre beats In August 2010, an upset JetBlue flight attendant, Steven Slater, pulled the emergency chute on a flight from Pittsburgh International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. He went on the plane's public-address system, swore at a passenger who he claimed treated him rudely, grabbed a beer and slid down onto the tarmac.Slater completed a court-ordered treatment program and was sentenced to one-year probation. "That was one moment, that was not indicative of who I am," Slater said at sentencing.Aviation expert Michael Barr said there aren't any good procedures in place if a pilot has a meltdown in the cockpit and the cockpit door is closed, even after the 1999 crash of an EgyptAir flight, in which the pilot appeared to have intentionally crashed the plane."Even after EgyptAir there really wasn't a great new procedure. What can you do? The first officer or the captain is going crazy and then you end up with a battle on the flight deck between the two of them and that's not a good thing," he said.
 

dre beats In August 2010, an upset JetBlue flight attendant, Steven Slater, pulled the emergency chute on a flight from Pittsburgh International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. He went on the plane's public-address system, swore at a passenger who he claimed treated him rudely, grabbed a beer and slid down onto the tarmac.Slater completed a court-ordered treatment program and was sentenced to one-year probation. "That was one moment, that was not indicative of who I am," Slater said at sentencing.Aviation expert Michael Barr said there aren't any good procedures in place if a pilot has a meltdown in the cockpit and the cockpit door is closed, even after the 1999 crash of an EgyptAir flight, in which the pilot appeared to have intentionally crashed the plane."Even after EgyptAir there really wasn't a great new procedure. What can you do? The first officer or the captain is going crazy and then you end up with a battle on the flight deck between the two of them and that's not a good thing," he said.