John Farley:
With the benefit of hindsight it will be interesting to see if his crew felt his pre-flight behaviour offered a serious clue that things were far from normal or whether it was all within the bounds of 'he was having a bad day' - such as we all have from time to time
Apparently not.
According to the
affidavit, they did not notice anything until after the climb-out.
The crew members told me that the captain, Clayton F. Osbon, showed up at JFK later than he should have for the flight and missed the crew briefing. Initially, he did not exhibit any bizarre behavior.
The flight departed thirty minutes late (because he was late?). The Captain made some odd statements, handed control to the FO and then continued talking in a way that the FO said was not coherent.
The
JetBlue update said that it was 3 1/2 hours into the flight when he left the cockpit and the FO called for the off-duty pilot to come forward.