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JetBlue pilot charged for meltdown goes to court
(CNN) -- The JetBlue pilot arrested after an apparent midair meltdown last week was ordered held without bond during a brief appearance before a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Monday morning, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The U.S. magistrate ordered that Clayton Osbon, 49, be held in the Randall County jail until a detention hearing to determine his bond on Thursday, the prosecutor's spokesman said. Osbon, the captain of JetBlue Flight 191, has been in custody at a hospital… (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As was said in the movie, "TOP GUN" ..... "Get him, up and flying" ... I hope Clayton can get the needed help and fly again. I do not believe, there was any ill intended on any one. We all have a "bad day" .. and it was sad his was made public ... The passengers had NO respect for him. you can clearly hear on some of the audio, Passengers being requested; "Not to take pictures" ..
Two issues here which need to be addressed. One, as mentioned - had he been a FFDO (allowed to carry a gun), he could have shot the co-pilot, and then unloaded his clip on the passengers, and then let the airplane crash killing all on-board plus any ground people that just happened to be at the wrong place wrong time. Secondly, had he waited an hour to 'flip out', on short final at Las Vegas he could have shoved the control yoke forward and crashed into the ground before the first officer could have reacted, or turned hard right into the MGM Grand; killing many hundreds of people. The on-board passengers need to feel VERY fortunate neither of the two above did not occur. Now, I'm not saying he should or should not go to prison - we'll let the legal system run its course - I'm just saying the above scenarios are very real possibilities. You might recall Egypt Air 900? One of the pilots 'lost it' and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean out of JFK.
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Yea, but Barry's comment would be a tragedy. I'm not sure given the selfish, totalitarianism of our government of late, that your scenario would be.
I keed, I keed. Kind of.....
I keed, I keed. Kind of.....
Let's just be relieved he wasn't an FFDO. Then we'd have all of the anti-gun nuts coming out of the woodwork and he'd be doing the work of 2 puppets.
The Feds are quick to prosecute '' another example of America on the decline..........makes me sick!