Whoever Joseph David Emerson is (age 44), he got ‘subdued’ by the crew. I’m guessing one of the pilots told him to ‘Cut the Crazy!’ and gave him a right hook to the mouth, followed by the All Purpose Zip-Tie-as-Strait-Jacket treatment.
No videos of the take down, unfortunately.
Joseph can forget about ever being invited back to sit in the coveted third cockpit seat.
ALPA activist...
The crazy seems to run deep in that organization:
Northwest Airlines union head plows “Kerry” into his farm field
Mercury News ^ | 10-15-04 | AP
Posted on 10/15/2004, 8:08:27 PM by Rakkasan1
Union support for John Kerry is no surprise, but it’s not usually visible from 20,000 feet in the air.
Mark McClain, who leads the Northwest Airlines pilot group at the Air Line Pilots Association, has plowed the word “Kerry” into his soybean field near the airport in Des Moines, Iowa.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
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Of course this recent incident may be depression from being a resident of crazy California...young family, probably taxed beyond belief, high housing costs, debt, depression, etc.
Subdued by a .38 revolver.