QX2059 Jumpseater tries to shutdown engines
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I can't believe you can't believe he's asking this.
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Every airline
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Everywhere would implode.
DE727UPS
Well-Known Member
Alaska Air off-duty pilot tries to shut off engines on flight from Everett
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot caused a security threat on an Everett to San Francisco Horizon Air flight Sunday. He was arrested when the jet diverted to Portland.
www.seattletimes.com
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot taking a ride Sunday in the jump seat of a flight out of Everett attempted to shut down the engines inflight and had to be subdued, the pilot is heard saying in a recording of the exchange with air traffic controllers.
Horizon Air flight 2059 from Everett to San Francisco diverted to Portland where it landed safely, and the Alaska Airlines pilot was arrested.
“We’ve got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit,” the pilot told Portland air traffic control. “It doesn’t seem like he’s causing any issue at the back. I think he’s subdued.”
“Other than that, we want law enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and parked,” the pilot is heard saying in a recording of the exchange with air traffic controllers on the LiveATC website.
The Embraer E-175 regional jet had taken off from Everett’s Paine Field airport at 5:23 p.m. Sunday. The flight was full, with 80 passengers on board, including lap infants, with two pilots flying and two flight attendants in the passenger cabin.
The Alaska Airlines pilot sat in a seat on the flight deck just behind the captain and first officer flying the jet.
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This is routine. Any airline employee pilot can hitch a free ride back to their home base after their work shift ends if seats are available. A pilot will often choose the jump seat to chat with the pilots flying.
In a statement Monday morning, Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Air and regional subsidiary Horizon Air said “a credible security threat related to an authorized occupant in the flight deck jump seat” occurred on the flight.
“The crew secured the aircraft without incident,” Alaska Air stated. “All passengers on board were able to travel on a later flight.”
“We are grateful for the professional handling of the situation by the Horizon flight crew and appreciate our guests’ calm and patience throughout this event,” the airline stated.
Passengers received travel vouchers for use on future travel.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
Dominic Gates: 206-464-2963 or dgates@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @dominicgates.
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Publicly available information has listed this as the person:
TUCKnTRUCK
That guy
That’s a few charges…
scooter2525
Very well Member
Apparently the author has never sat in the second 737 JS before..
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Publicly available arrest records and news articles isn’t considered doxxing is it?
TUCKnTRUCK
That guy
The author probably would like take that JS over a first class seat, just so he could talk to the crew about the extended warranty available for their 20 year old crash pad car.
When you guys say “no jumpseating”, does that mean no one in the actual jumpseat itself, or no jumpseater/commuters allowed at all….not even tossed into the cabin?
scooter2525
Very well Member
Cockpit.
So, hypothetically, if cockpit jumpseating was ever placed on hold or worse, but jumpseaters could still go sit in the back, would that still be a large hit system-wise?
Roger Roger
Bottom of the list
I’m sure THIS will be the boot the FAA needs to finally get into the 21st century on mental health!
GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
These days, absolutely. Flights are always full and I doubt the airlines are going to create a bunch of extra capacity anytime soon.
thevideographer
Well-Known Member
It was an E-175
Murdoughnut
Well sized member
Sorry, I meant going from a DC10 to MD10
That’s a good point. In that case, i would hope that doesn’t happen then, as some kind of knee jerk reaction to what is kind of a one-off event.
