An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after trying to crash a plane during a mid-flight “mental breakdown,” according to local officials and witnesses.
During a recent flight from Everett, Washington to San Francisco, California, 44-year-old pilot Joseph David Emerson tried to engage the jet’s fire-suppression system, which would have halted the flow of fuel to the craft’s engines and likely caused a catastrophic crash.
https://www.rt.com/news/585655-pilot-charged-attempted-murder/
Is it typical to have off-duty pilots in the jump seat?
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Yes, they are non-revs (revenue). If they got to get somewhere, they will bump paying passengers. Pulling the old 'fire-Ts' trick. that would have worked. Good job by the flight =deck crew. They must have been suspicious, because it isn't that far to the handles and they still stopped a determined effort.
Off-duty pilots in the jump seat … Yes. All the time. It’s how my dad used to commute to Chicago.