Originally Posted by
Herod
Hang on. The Captain leaves the flightdeck to a comfort break. When he returns he finds the F.O. has locked him out. Too damn right I'd be worried about terrorists. I'd say the captain's initial reaction of banging on the door and shouting to be let in was perfectly normal. Seems everything escalated from there. I'd love to be in on the investigation; not sure the F.O. has covered himself in glory here.
All the news reports state the Captain was acting irrational BEFORE he went for his comfort break:
JetBlue captain subdued after pounding on cockpit - CBS News
A police officer and an off-duty airline pilot subdued a JetBlue captain Tuesday morning aboard a Las Vegas-bound flight when the captain started pounding on the cockpit door after the flight's co-pilot asked him to leave and subsequently locked him out, a federal official told CBS News.
The captain became incoherent during JetBlue Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy International, prompting the co-pilot to get him to leave the cockpit, the official said. JetBlue said in a statement to CBS News that the flight was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, "for a medical situation involving the captain."