A police officer and an off-duty airline pilot subdued a JetBlue captain Tuesday morning aboard a Las Vegas-bound flight when the captain started pounding on the cockpit door after the flight's co-pilot asked him to leave and subsequently locked him out, a federal official told CBS News.
The captain became incoherent during JetBlue Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy International, prompting the co-pilot to get him to leave the cockpit, the official said. JetBlue said in a statement to CBS News that the flight was diverted to Amarillo, Texas, "for a medical situation involving the captain."
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TONY DIGIROLAMO FLASHBACK - ON APRIL 2, 2010 AN ABC NEWS REPORT: "Pilots taking medication for mild or moderate depression will soon be allowed in the cockpit under new Federal Aviation Administration guidelines that reverse a nearly 70-year ban. Clinically depressed pilots, including those undergoing therapy or prescription treatment, are currently prohibited from flying.
The policy change, which takes effect Monday, was sparked by reduced risk of antidepressant side effects, such as drowsiness, and a need to "change the culture and remove the stigma" associated with the illness, said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt."
This incident with this pilot on Jet Blue seems to me to be the culmination of this horrific decision 2 years ago.
The reports I've seen so far on this incident, the pilot had, erratic behavior, bizarre erratic behavior, and Fox, as I'm watching the Fox report, just said he might be suffering from PTSD but they are dismissing that.
Here's what I want to know, is he taking antidepressants or psychotropic drugs?
And why would they do THIS at the expense of the safety of passengers, "...need to change the culture and remove the stigma" associated with the illness, said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt."
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