Jocelyn Frank

So the FAA wants to be as sure as they can that anyone who's in the cockpit is in a really healthy state of mind.

So the FAA wants to be as sure as they can that anyone who's in the cockpit is in a really healthy state of mind.

Yeah, it's a really good question, a really serious question. And I looked into FAA safety systems in some more detail, and it turns out that the processes that they have in place have led to some really terrible unintended consequences. Like what? In the fall of 2021, an aviation student who was attending the University of North Dakota, he took his life in a university aircraft accident.

Yeah, it's a really good question, a really serious question. And I looked into FAA safety systems in some more detail, and it turns out that the processes that they have in place have led to some really terrible unintended consequences. Like what? In the fall of 2021, an aviation student who was attending the University of North Dakota, he took his life in a university aircraft accident.

Yeah, it's a really good question, a really serious question. And I looked into FAA safety systems in some more detail, and it turns out that the processes that they have in place have led to some really terrible unintended consequences. Like what? In the fall of 2021, an aviation student who was attending the University of North Dakota, he took his life in a university aircraft accident.

It was later discovered that he actually wrote a note revealing he'd been struggling emotionally, but he felt like he couldn't do anything about it because he feared losing his medical certificate. His mom actually read some of that letter out loud during a National Transportation Safety Board summit.

It was later discovered that he actually wrote a note revealing he'd been struggling emotionally, but he felt like he couldn't do anything about it because he feared losing his medical certificate. His mom actually read some of that letter out loud during a National Transportation Safety Board summit.

It was later discovered that he actually wrote a note revealing he'd been struggling emotionally, but he felt like he couldn't do anything about it because he feared losing his medical certificate. His mom actually read some of that letter out loud during a National Transportation Safety Board summit.

Even though this was an awful tragedy, thankfully it didn't involve any passengers. But then there was another event.

Even though this was an awful tragedy, thankfully it didn't involve any passengers. But then there was another event.

Even though this was an awful tragedy, thankfully it didn't involve any passengers. But then there was another event.

In the autumn of 2023, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was catching a ride on Horizon Air. It's a travel trick that's pretty common among pilots called jump seating. And this pilot, his name is Joseph Emerson, during that flight, he's accused of trying to activate a fire suppression system that would have cut off fuel to the plane's engines in mid-flight.

In the autumn of 2023, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was catching a ride on Horizon Air. It's a travel trick that's pretty common among pilots called jump seating. And this pilot, his name is Joseph Emerson, during that flight, he's accused of trying to activate a fire suppression system that would have cut off fuel to the plane's engines in mid-flight.

In the autumn of 2023, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was catching a ride on Horizon Air. It's a travel trick that's pretty common among pilots called jump seating. And this pilot, his name is Joseph Emerson, during that flight, he's accused of trying to activate a fire suppression system that would have cut off fuel to the plane's engines in mid-flight.

Emerson was luckily not successful. He was escorted to the back of the plane, handcuffed to a seat.

Emerson was luckily not successful. He was escorted to the back of the plane, handcuffed to a seat.

Emerson was luckily not successful. He was escorted to the back of the plane, handcuffed to a seat.

The plane was rerouted to make an emergency landing. Emerson later told reporters that he'd been suffering from depression, and he pled not guilty to the charges that were brought against him. He wasn't piloting that day, but he did have access to the cockpit, and that means that his position, technically as a pilot, put the safety of the plane and its passengers at risk.

The plane was rerouted to make an emergency landing. Emerson later told reporters that he'd been suffering from depression, and he pled not guilty to the charges that were brought against him. He wasn't piloting that day, but he did have access to the cockpit, and that means that his position, technically as a pilot, put the safety of the plane and its passengers at risk.

The plane was rerouted to make an emergency landing. Emerson later told reporters that he'd been suffering from depression, and he pled not guilty to the charges that were brought against him. He wasn't piloting that day, but he did have access to the cockpit, and that means that his position, technically as a pilot, put the safety of the plane and its passengers at risk.