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Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, 44, 'tried to shut down jet's ENGINES in mid-air while riding in cockpit jump seat,' forcing plane to divert: Charged with EIGHTY-THREE counts of attempted murder
UK Daily Mail ^ | 10/23/2023 | LAURA PARNABY

Posted on 10/23/2023 9:53:51 AM PDT by DFG

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To: NorthMountain

I’ve tried to read that book several times. I could never get past a few pages into it :/


41 posted on 10/23/2023 11:02:05 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: DFG

Alcohol?


42 posted on 10/23/2023 11:02:24 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: DFG

Intercom: “Ladies and gentlemen, there is no reason to panic, but does anyone here know how to fly a plane?”


43 posted on 10/23/2023 11:02:38 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Othniel77

The cops like to use middle name such that anyone with the same first and last name wouldn’t be falsely impugned. Although it could be a signal that it is time for other would be jihadis to act...


44 posted on 10/23/2023 11:05:11 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Paal Gulli

Well....bald doesn’t affect the men in my family....and yeah..maybe I’m not getting out much. LOL


45 posted on 10/23/2023 11:06:52 AM PDT by Aria
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To: DFG

Question: IS a state charging him or are these ALL FEDERAL CHARGES???

BET his background is very interesting.


46 posted on 10/23/2023 11:12:12 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

**NO jumpsuit riders.**

Now that WOULD make passengers nervous,... seeing a parachutist in his jumpsuit enter the plane.


47 posted on 10/23/2023 11:15:27 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Bikkuri

You’re not missing much. I was “required” to read it in high school. It was very forgettable.


48 posted on 10/23/2023 11:24:23 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Blennos
Don't these young journalists have any rudimentary knowledge of grammar?

'Twas deadly usage, not mere grammar, that killed the young journo's prose. "Sat" is indeed a past participle. We do sanely say (occasionally), "I have sat in that chair before."

But "Emerson is believed to have been sat..."???

No, we don't use it in the passive voice. Sounds too much like having been sat upon, which sounds graphic, and can hurt, especially if the sitter is fat. (Or if the fatter is sit, which kind of works also . . .)

In English, we would say, "Emerson is believed to have been SEATED," and then we would remind ourselves to take it easy at the dessert table next time.

49 posted on 10/23/2023 11:38:53 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

NO jumpsuit riders.


Not even if the jumpsuits are orange? LOL


50 posted on 10/23/2023 11:57:44 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (May I please have a government shutdown?)
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To: Murder of Crows
Mooselimb, a black guy or queer

Hope for the jackpot trifecta.

51 posted on 10/23/2023 12:03:55 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

https://heavy.com/news/joseph-david-emerson/


52 posted on 10/23/2023 12:31:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Zuriel

Jumpseat- spellcheck kicked in!!!!!

I rode many jumpseats when I was a flight attendant- until one flight attendant was seen flying the plane (not me) and we were banned!!!!!!!!

Only pilots from then on or FAA employees doing a check ride could ride in the cockpit!!!


53 posted on 10/23/2023 1:19:24 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Bikkuri

Nope - wacko who pushed vaccines to congressmen:

“Emerson wrote, “The U.S. #airline industry and its pilots are essential to the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. Congress and government leaders must #ExtendPSP now to ensure critical infrastructure is in place to distribute a vaccine—American lives depend on it @SenKamalaHarris.””

https://heavy.com/news/joseph-david-emerson/


54 posted on 10/23/2023 1:23:42 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Phoenix8

I remember this well. The pilot had to go to the restroom and handed the controls over to the freak. What a horrible way to die!!!


55 posted on 10/23/2023 1:32:53 PM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
"... NOW- so sorry for all of those commuting pilots - look for the cockpit to be sealed off and NO jumpsuit riders."

You can't eliminate them. The "jumpsuit" is put there by FAA regulation for the use of FAA examiners and company check pilots.

If it's a "commuter" (or a "whiskey," as it's known in the business, because there'll be a floating letter "W" on your boarding pass), they sometimes will let take a seat in the passenger cabin, provided there's one available. But you can't get rid of examiners and check pilots.

Besides, it's a fear-driven kneejerk reaction an kneejerk reactions rarely produce positive outcomes.

56 posted on 10/23/2023 2:10:37 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

They couldn’t ban pilots from flying in the jump seat. They will be in the front seats soon enough anyway. Which begs the question, why did this guy go nuts when he could have just waited until he was scheduled to have the controls? I’d love to hear the recording.


57 posted on 10/23/2023 2:18:13 PM PDT by jean michael
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To: Blennos
"... Oh my aching brain. Don't these young journalists have any rudimentary knowledge of grammar? "

That's not the question. The question is is whether you had cut class or were merely sleeping the day your English teacher covered the indicative past perfect tense of "to sit."

Because "he/she/it had been sat" is perfectly proper King's English (and this, significantly, was a UK publication).

"[H]ad been sat" also indicates that the seat was one he had been directed to sit in rather than one of his choosing, which also is correct.

58 posted on 10/23/2023 2:20:11 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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59 posted on 10/23/2023 2:23:53 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: BenLurkin
From your link....

Emerson shared mostly family pictures, including ones showing two small kids.

In 2016, a friend wrote on a picture of Emerson in a cockpit, “Welcome to Alaska buddy.”

“Incitement to riot is when a person encourages others to commit a breach of the peace without necessarily acting themselves. This may involve statements, signs, or conduct intended to lead others to riot. I have been silent for too long. This is wrong!” he wrote in 2021.

In response to a birthday comment from a relative, he wrote in 2018, “All my airline skills come from lessons you taught me! I hope you’re staying warm in MSP…”

Emerson also shared a Sports Illustrated story titled, “Mr. President: You Represent All of Us. Don’t Divide Us. Bring Us Together,” about the Warriors’ White House invite being rescinded by President Trump.

60 posted on 10/23/2023 2:28:30 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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