What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot’s attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air flight has renewed attention on the mental fitness of those allowed in the cockpit.
File - Pilots conduct a pre-flight check in the cockpit of a jet before taking off from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Dec. 2, 2020. Aviation experts say the incident on Sunday in which an off-duty pilot, riding in a jump seat in a cockpit, tried to disable a jetliner in midflight renews questions about the threat posed by airline workers who have special access to places where passengers can't go.
Emerson also said he had taken psychedelic mushrooms for the first time about 48 hours earlier. It's not clear whether he took them recreationally or in an attempt to self-medicate, but psilocybin is increasingly being recognized in the U.S. for itsHere’s a look at some of the issues raised by theAirline pilots are required to renew their medical certificates regularly — annually for those younger than 40 and every six months for those older.
Investigators concluded that is what happened on board a Germanwings plane in 2015 when the copilot deliberately crashed the aircraft in the French Alps, killing 150 people.mandatory drug testing program Alaska Airlines, which owns Horizon Air, said it has a zero-tolerance policy and that all gate agents and flight attendants are trained to identify signs of impairment.
“Is that something you want to do on your days off?" he said."And how does that fit into your mindset as a professional pilot?”every day as a way to shuttle between locations after making flights. Pruchnicki said he didn't think they needed to be subject to random testing because they're off-duty and not making operational decisions about the flights. Pilots can bar them from the cockpit if they present issues.
It's unclear what prompted the episode on Horizon Air — police said Emerson described having been in a dream-like state.
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