Captain 'subdued' aboard JetBlue flight
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From: Ankh Morpork, DW
It already is! The CDLS manufacturer published it as part of their patent!
Hardly security sensitive... If the procedures are followed does not matter if they know how the door works.
I guarante you the folks at terror HQ know how they work.
Hardly security sensitive... If the procedures are followed does not matter if they know how the door works.
I guarante you the folks at terror HQ know how they work.
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From: On the Beach
beardy:
No, the program has not been terminated and he would have to have been qualified as a flight deck officer. I doubt he was, but if so, his firearm would not have been on his person when he went to the cabin,
Was he carrying a gun, or has that programme been terminated?
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From: Dallas, Tx USA
My JBlew buds say he was #3 on the seniority list and a CKA. By the time the NTSB (they're already in on the investigation)...gets through with this one...there are going to be a lot of airline pilots taking an annual psyche exam.
This is a very bad day for airline pilots.
Good job...uh...FO...uh..for watching your CA's back...
This is a very bad day for airline pilots.
Good job...uh...FO...uh..for watching your CA's back...
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From: Texas
Hey
Let's remember the passengers subdued and quieted him on a request over the Ic from flight attendants, there was nothing screwey going on and it ended well, no casualties, no loss of life, no deviation of flight plan it's just a simple result of a captain who became irrational and a 2nd officer who made the right decision, and a ferrying captain was onboard, unfortunate but I don't see how it is such a big deal.
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From: Found in Toronto
You guys are assuming way too much. It could be something like a brain tumour which is Physical Health, not Mental Health.
Remove the tumour and he could be Good To Go.
Remove the tumour and he could be Good To Go.
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From: Expatsylvania
I once heard a (possibly apocryphal) story on some small carrier a long time ago wherein the captain began acting irrationally, slipping in and out of lucidity, and generally acting an ass. After the FO got the plane on the ground, the captain was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with viral encephalitis. Could be any number of things besides generic craziness.
Yep, some really quick thinking on the FO's part. Of course, almost all pilots working at JetBlue were Captains at their last airline.
Did you miss the part where the man was violent and irrational? "Watching your Captain's back" is no longer an option when he becomes a threat to the safe completion of the flight. If the NTSB comes up with a brand new hoop for us to jump through every year, blaming the FO is about the most ass-backwards thing you could do.
Kudos to the first officer who recognised the unstable mental state of the skipper and tricked him into leaving the cockpit! Great presence of mind and overall a great command candidate.
My JBlew buds say he was #3 on the seniority list and a CKA. By the time the NTSB (they're already in on the investigation)...gets through with this one...there are going to be a lot of airline pilots taking an annual psyche exam.
This is a very bad day for airline pilots.
Good job...uh...FO...uh..for watching your CA's back...
This is a very bad day for airline pilots.
Good job...uh...FO...uh..for watching your CA's back...
Trash du Blanc
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From: KBHM
I've worked at three airlines.
At two of them, pilots have acted irrationally in the cockpit and have been removed from flight status for psych issues.
It's tragic when it happens, but pilots are just as vulnerable to mental illness as anyone else....
At two of them, pilots have acted irrationally in the cockpit and have been removed from flight status for psych issues.
It's tragic when it happens, but pilots are just as vulnerable to mental illness as anyone else....
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From: Bath, UK
@grimmrad
I assume the intended reference is to hypoxemia, but what's meant is probably hypoxia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_(medical))
Possible I suppose, but so are many other things. We've already managed to give out information about cabin security and probably enough personal information for someone to identify the individual concerned, so maybe it would be best not to speculate further until the facts are known.
I assume the intended reference is to hypoxemia, but what's meant is probably hypoxia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_(medical))
Possible I suppose, but so are many other things. We've already managed to give out information about cabin security and probably enough personal information for someone to identify the individual concerned, so maybe it would be best not to speculate further until the facts are known.
Psychophysiological entity
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
I assume there will be a very, very careful analysis of the captain's blood chemistry, along with his water, food and beverages. Although his choice of words leads us down other routes, a senior man's sudden departure from a well-balanced state might well have reasons other than natural causes.
Clearly, I'm suggesting that all crews have a vulnerability to being intentionally incapacitated with drugs - perhaps even sophisticated and difficult to detect chemistry used in research.
I would also test for connections with other cases where data and samples are still available. Nothing is confined to the logic of fiction these days.
Clearly, I'm suggesting that all crews have a vulnerability to being intentionally incapacitated with drugs - perhaps even sophisticated and difficult to detect chemistry used in research.
I would also test for connections with other cases where data and samples are still available. Nothing is confined to the logic of fiction these days.
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From: Formerly of Nam
Course you're all well aware of the possibility that there could
be a knee-jerk reaction from the FAA, and everyone will have
to do a official shrink test at some clinic as part of the licence
medical renewal procedures.
This could lead to the ICAO level - which may cause us all in
the end having to do the same, with the obvious implications.
be a knee-jerk reaction from the FAA, and everyone will have
to do a official shrink test at some clinic as part of the licence
medical renewal procedures.
This could lead to the ICAO level - which may cause us all in
the end having to do the same, with the obvious implications.
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From: Up in the air. Sweden sometimes
Just a couple of weeks ago a US flight attendant was being irrational, shouting about the same thing as this guy "we are all going to crash" and stuff. She was also overmanned and carried to the hospital.
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From: ???
Pablo -
The Second in command (ie the FO). The off duty captain is there for assistance but legally the FO is responsible.
I'm curious - who is the PIC when an off-duty captain goes up to assist in a situation like this?