The Seattle-based carrier issued a new statement Monday night reading, 'Throughout his career, Emerson completed his mandated FAA medical certifications.'
SEATTLE — More information is being shared and learned about what happened inside the cockpit of a passenger plane out of Everett's Paine Field Sunday evening and about the pilot's prior FAA medical examinations. , in an Alaska Airlines flight operated by Horizon Air, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot reportedly tried to shut off the engines mid-flight.
"You don't expect to have something like this happen... It's just completely anomalous," said Nance."We just don't let anybody sit in any of the seats on the cockpit or without the proper training.""In many cases, probably 50-60%, a jump seat is filled with a pilot. And nothing has gone wrong for almost 30 years," said Nance.
When it comes to who can sit in a jump seat, airlines use a system called CASS, or Cockpit Access Security System. It went into effect for airlines in 2005.
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