Folks, I hate to interject a dark thought, but this looks to me like what might happen if an MK Ultra subject isn’t 100% responsive to the conditioning. Like maybe his handlers maybe had some “question about the subject’s mental stability” and perhaps “should only be used in missions wherein the object is of less than absolute importance”.

The passangers who detained this loon ,are true hero’s and should be awarded. Last month a flight attendant went crazy,now a pilot,whats up with that?

When anyone with a uniform tells you to not record, or put away the camera, that means, “record everything” and “take as many pictures as possible”. And for chrise sake, if you are going to take video, REST THE CAMERA/PHONE on a solid surface and don’t move it around! That’s why pros use a ‘TRIPOD’.

Waiting for a bomb to go off for 10 years. Probably many more flightcrews reaching breaking point. Awful job.

You decide: Are the flight numbers “191″ in the airline industry jinxed?? (1) American Airlines Flt 191=crashed, (2) Delta Airlines Flt 191=crashed, (3) Comair Flight Flt 5191=Crashed (4) JetBlue Flt 191=Pilot flips out, could have crashed (4) Southwest Airlines Flt 1919=Skidded off runway/semi-crashed (5) British Airways Flt 911=Crashed (6) American Airlines Flt 119=Hijacked and last but definitely not least: (7) The 9/11 terrorist attacks=4 major crashes and thousands dead!! What do you think??

Close call — for a moment there I thought this was flight 911, not 191…

My thoughts as I read this article go to Flight 97 and the brave passengers who gave their lives to stop that murderous attack. We have seen several incidences over the last several months of passengers bravely taking charge of frightening situations aboard aircraft. The passengers on Flight 97 not only showed us that it could be done, but they showed us that as free citizens it is our right and duty to get involved. Nice job, Jet Blue passengers. You did the right thing.

Well, there always two sides to everything. I heard recently that a man had his leg amputated because he feared work. Looking at the airline business, aviation, and the economy in particular then one must wonder if people are able to remain sane with the current condition at hand. This individual in question might have pulled off the stunt to force early retirement. And let’s face it folks, times are tough, and if certain politicians do not realize it but aviation or the airline business contributes to up to 10% to world’s economy. Having that said, pilots are underpaid, and most often work for a substandard wage, have to support a family, etc…the list goes on. Some folks can keep it together, and some folks just lose it. Admittedly, the captain should have lost it on the ground to avoid the level of heightened panic of passengers, and luckily a disaster was averted. Nevertheless, our society should wake up and realize that for the level of responsibility a captain has, the wage/salary should be accordingly.

Unstable pilots and TSA workers, yet another violation of our rights. The gov’t constantly violates our rights.
They violate the 1st Amendment by caging protesters and banning books like “America Deceived II”.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by allowing TSA to grope you.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars.
Impeach Obama, support Ron Paul.
Last link of “America Deceived II” before it is completely banned:

non union pilot who could not have passed the vetting of the major airlines. Pay peanuts, you get monkeys. When will the passengers realize.

I think this is no coincidence re the flight attendant – think about it. He is now grounded, won’t have to go to work, but will most certainly retain all his benefits and possibly his pay.
Now that he has publicly “declared” himself as “mentally ill” he gets early retirement-plus and never has to work again and possibly also gets an insurance payout.
Obviously we will never really know, but coming as hard on the heels of the last episode makes me suspicious.

SueZ You peeps are all very witty!

One in five people in the US has mental issues, that’s about one person in every row on each aircraft that takes off daily from US airports …scary huh?

People are starting to snap under pressure. What causes the pressure, well.. use your imagination on that one.

What if the captain had been an FFDO?

I love flying on discount airlines with discount pilots…. Wheeeeeeee……

I think it was handled appropriately. Thank goodness a police officer and pilot were amongst the passengers to keep things calmer and in control.

if the captain was incoherent, that sounds like what happens when you have a stroke..the co pilot could have landed the plane, but if there was another crew member on board, it is helpful because of all the checklist that are done..the f/a on american was not incoherent, she was screaming and taling abou 9/11 and crashing the plane on the pa system…

the faa requires 2 to be in the cockpit,pilot and co pilot..the co pilot should have been able to land the plane safely by himself, but if there was a pilot on board who volunteered,why not. pilots have more flight hours accrued than co pilots, although the training doesnt vary much..co pilots are “promoted” to the pilots seat when hours are accumulated and vacancies occur..usually its a medical condition like a heart attack that requires the plane to land..being incoherent is often the sign of a stroke..the flight attendant on aa had a different sort of problem and she was not incoherent..she was ranting and screaming about 9/11 and crashing the plane…

It’s bad enough that we live in fear of a plane coming down due to terrorism, we also have to be afraid of our flight attendants and pilots?

The reports are too conflicting thus far. Pilot and co-pilot are being used interchangeably. i like JetBlue; this could have happened on any airline, I suppose. The folks on that plane will be particularly happy when they finally arrive here in Las Vegas. http://royvegas.blogspot.com

if the off duty pilot did not exist could the other flight “assistant” have landed it? if so why didnt he?

“New York-area airports may charge disruptive fliers for delays.”

Are these actions going to apply to the airline personal as well. Hmm, maybe they need to re-think this.

First that flight attendant freaked out, now a pilot. What the heck is going on?

And this is after a survey suggesting that consumers should pay a fine if they cause delays. NOT!!!