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Issue Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Issue: Spring 12 E8 Last Update: Thursday, May 17, 2012
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    The authority, which pilots thought, was designed to protect the safety and control on a plane, and assure its passengers safety worked well until the incident on JetBlue Flight 191.  On Tuesday March 27th 2012, Clayton Osbon a pilot at JetBlue since 2000 acted with bizarre behavior on a flight from New York to Las Vegas.  Passengers said that the Pilot was yelling and acting unruly in the cabin after he was locked out of the cockpit. The flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas. When Osbon tried to re-enter by banging on the door, the co-pilot gave an order through the intercom to restrain Osbon.  A group of passengers tackled the captain and restrained him until the plane landed in Amarillo, Texas.  JetBlue CEO Dave Barger stated that he knew the captain personally and there were no signs that pointed to the meltdown. The pilot simply came out to use the bathroom, and he started to have a meltdown. Clayton began running up and down the aisles yelling about bombs and terrorist threats. It was stated Clayton was yelling about a 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 shouted.  After the flight had landed Clayton was taken to a local hospital.  
     John Cox, an aviation safety consultant and former pilot said, he could only recall two or three examples in the more than 40 years he has been following commercial aviation, in which pilots become mentally incapacitated during a flight.  Airlines strongly encourage pilots to assert themselves if they think safety is being jeopardized, even if it means going against captains orders.  This event on JetBlue Flight 191 made the remembrance of another incident in 2010 on a JetBlue fight.  The airline confirmed the flight incident occurred because of a medical condition.  A replacement aircraft was dispatched to Amarillo to continue the flight.

    A JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater pulled the emergency chute on a flight after it landed.  He went on the public-address system, swore at a passenger, grabbed a beer and slid down the tarmac.  He was sentenced to probation, counseling and substance abuse treatment for attempted criminal mischief.  The airline has reported on March 28th Clayton is suspended and still in hospital care.


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