JetBlue brand tarnished, but not destroyed
...chief executive David Barger said the pilot whose erratic behavior resulted in an emergency landing of a flight Tuesday was a "consummate professional." NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- JetBlue was doing damage control Wednesday after one of its pilots suffered an apparent...info
JetBlue to review procedures after pilot meltdown: CEO | Reuters
...during a terminal test in New York August 23, 2008. (Reuters) - The CEO of JetBlue said on Wednesday he personally knows the pilot whose erratic behavior led to a diverted flight and that there were no earlier signs of problems, although the airline will review...info
JetBlue pilot charged with interfering with crew
...a flight crew, federal authorities said. Captain Clayton Osbon told his co-pilot that "things don't matter" shortly after JetBlue Flight 191 from New York departed Tuesday, according to an affidavit. Court documents say Osbon told the plane's first officer...info
A jetBlue pilot goes "postal" â€" perspective please
...of the jetBlue pilot going nuts yesterday has attracted lots of attention. In case you were on another planet and missed it; here is what happened. Passengers were stunned after a pilot on a jetBlue flight from New York forced the landing of his aircraft following...info
JetBlue Flight Diverted After Man Storms Cockpit
...that the man who caused the ruckus was reportedly the captain of the flight. In a statement (see below), JetBlue said that "the pilot in command elected to divert to Amarillo, TX for a medical situation involving the Captain." PREVIOUSLY : A JetBlue flight...info
JetBlue Pilot Freaked Out: Why Its Investors Should Too
...erratically in the cockpit, and the co-pilot was able to persuade him to leave. When the co-pilot and an off-duty JetBlue pilot managed to lock him out of the cockpit, the situation intensified. The locked-out pilot began telling passengers that terrorists...info
JetBlue pilot charged with interfering with crew
...and urged passengers to pray on a Las Vegas-bound flight has been suspended, the airline said Wednesday. San Luis Obispo pilot faulted for crashing plane A twin-engine plane being flown by a pilot from San Luis Obispo crashed last February while trying to...info
Passenger: Captain disrupts diverted JetBlue plane
...Airport in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 after an unruly pilot caused the flight to make an emergency landing. A JetBlue flight bound for Las Vegas landed unexpectedly in Texas on Tuesday after the captain was taken ill, the airline said. A passenger...info
Charge brought against JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon after mid-flight outburst
...Osbon, the JetBlue pilot whose erratic behavior mid-flight led the co-pilot to lock him out of the cockpit, was charged Wednesday with 'interfering' with crew instructions. What led a 'consummate professional' to come unglued remains a mystery to the public....info
JetBlue pilot meltdown leads to unscheduled Texas stop
...JetBlue pilot Monday raced inside a JetBlue airliner screaming obscenities and shouting about threats from al-Qaida and bombs aboard the aircraft, forcing an emergency landing in Amarillo, passengers told LubbockOnline.com. A half-dozen to 10 passengers jumped...info