Pilot: Excuse me, Captain. This may seem silly, but can you fly?
Harry Callahan: Nope. Never had a lesson.
Posted on 10/23/2023 10:59:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Privacy Notice An Alaska Airlines passenger inside the cockpit attempted to seize control of a plane headed from a Seattle airport to San Francisco on Sunday, the airline said.
A pilot told air traffic controllers a person riding in the cockpit of flight 2059 attempted to turn off the aircraft's engines in flight. An airline's pilots, or pilots at other airlines, will occasionally ride a cockpit "jump seat" when traveling in an official capacity or commuting to another airport.
The passenger, who has not been named, was an off-duty pilot and has been arrested by Port of Portland Police Department, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Poor thing doesn’t have a name
First name Mohammed?
Probably Ahmed Abn-Something.
And yet the last time I flew it took 1.5 hours to get past TAS…..
Already posted twice:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4191711/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4191695/posts
Perp is a 44yo bald white guy named Joseph David Emerson
The guy’s a pilot. In the cockpit. Not a passenger.
Didn’t even have to look.
They don’t want to name the guy because he is a Muslim terrorist.
They don’t want to name the guy because he is a Muslim terrorist.
Hi name is Joseph David Emerson. Sounds real Muslim.
Probably another minority pilot that revered Auburn Calloway’s example.
A lot of misinformation flying around these airlines. First it was an off-duty pilot for Alaska Airlines in a jump seat. Then it was Horizon Airlines. Now this.
The media is generally unreliable.
More here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4191711/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4191695/posts
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John Brennan, former head of the CIA, is reported to have converted to islam. Names mean nothing in this new world.
Pilot: Excuse me, Captain. This may seem silly, but can you fly?
Harry Callahan: Nope. Never had a lesson.
Unfortunately too many posters on this thread reacted instead of researched.
Horizon’s a fully owned sub of Alaska. Just like Piedmont is a wholly owned sub of American.
Horizon is Alaska’s regional, short distance airline. Usually fly Dash 8’s. I doubt the SEA/SFO flight was Horizon.
And the article sucks - he apparently tried to “take control” by shutting down the engines.. I guess that is taking control in a very loose sense.
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