Pilot who tried to cut flight’s engines gets time served, supervised release
Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down a commercial plane’s engines midflight in 2023 while traveling off duty in the cockpit’s jump seat, was sentenced Monday in federal court to time served and three years of supervised release. Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, California, had pleaded guilty to the single charge …
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