SF News Alaska Airlines Pilot Who Nearly Downed Plane Goes on 'Good Morning America' as He Awaits Trial Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to shut off an SFO-bound plane's engines as he rode in the cockpit last fall, due to a bad and extended mushroom trip he was on, has given a new TV interview.
SF News Humpday Headlines: All Alaska Airlines Planes Grounded By FAA The FAA issued a ground stop for all Alaska and Horizon flights this morning; CA public health officials are warning about a death from a hemorrhoid cream bought on Facebook; Dubai is in chaos after heavy rains.
SF News Former Alaska Airlines Pilot Accused of Trying to Bring Down Plane Freed From Jail Pending Trial As was expected following a reduction in the charges against him earlier this week, former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson has been released from custody pending both state and federal trials in Oregon.
SF News Bay Area Pilot Accused In Shroom-Related Cockpit Incident on Alaska Flight May Return Home This Week The Bay Area-based Alaska Airlines pilot who has been accused of endangering the lives of a plane-load of people in October has now been indicted by a grand jury, but not on attempted murder charges.
SF News Off-Duty Alaska Airlines Pilot Who Had Mental Health Crisis and Tried to Bring Down Flight Gives First Media Interview The pilot Joseph Emerson told the NYT in a jailhouse interview that his perception of reality blurred on the flight and he had thought he had to take drastic action to get out of the trance.
SF News Alaska Airlines Pilot Pleads Not Guilty; Wife Says 'That Is Not the Man I Married' Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson was arraigned in a Portland court on Thursday, and while he's essentially admitted to trying to interfere with a plane's engine amid an apparent mental breakdown, he has pleaded not guilty to 167 charges of attempted murder and reckless endangerment.
SF News [Updated] Alaska Airlines Pilot Makes First Court Appearance; Feds Say He Was Doing Mushrooms When He Interfered With the Plane The off-duty pilot accused of trying to cut off fuel to the engines of an SFO-bound commuter jet on Sunday, endangering the lives of 83 people, is set to make his first court appearance today in Portland.
SF News Alaska Airlines Pilot Arrested For Trying to Bring Down Plane Lives In Pleasant Hill, Described as 'Family Man' The Alaska Airlines pilot currently in custody in Portland over a Sunday evening incident — in which he allegedly tried to shut down a plane's engines while off-duty and riding in the cockpit — is being described by neighbors as "normal" and a "family man."
SF News San Francisco-Bound Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Off-Duty Pilot Disrupts Engines A scary situation unfolded in the cockpit of an SFO-bound Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday, when an off-duty pilot traveling on a jump seat in the cockpit allegedly attempted to bring down the plane.
Business & Tech Alaska and American Airlines Announce Bay Area Layoffs Joining the series of layoff notices sent to airline employees at multiple companies in the last month, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines have given the heads-up to hundreds of local staff that their jobs could be on the line.
SF News Alaska Airlines Gate Agent at SFO Tests Positive For Coronavirus An employee of Alaska Airlines, reportedly a ticketing or gate agent for the airline at San Francisco International Airport, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
SF News Alaska Promises To Keep Virgin Amenities, Signs Partner Deals With Giants, Kevin Durant Alaska Airlines knows that many folks are going to miss Virgin America, so they're trying their best to ease your worries—by copping some of Virgin America's signature style and reaching out to
SF News RIP Virgin America Airlines, Which Alaska Is Officially Killing Off In Two Years Alaska Air Group, which for roughly $4 billion last April acquired Virgin America and its purple-lit cabins and generally happy customers, is doing away with the popular boutique brand in two years time,
SF News Virgin/Alaska Adding Daily Non-Stop Flights From SFO To New Orleans, Nashville, Philly Virgin America, which remains a much swankier subsidiary of Alaska Airlines since the company was sold last year, will be adding 13 new daily non-stop routes out of San Francisco and San Jose
SF News Alaska Airlines Still Being Cagey About Plans For Virgin Brand Following news in April that Virgin America was being acquired by Alaska Air Group, fans of Virgin and its purple-lit cabins have been pretty sad some of them litigiously so about the prospect
SF News Alaska Airlines To Lay Off SF-Based Virgin Employees, Likely Vacate Burlingame Headquarters When news of Alaska Airlines' planned purchased of Virgin America first broke in April, fans of the Burlingame-based airline were despondent at the likely watering down of all the amenities that made Virgin
Arts & Entertainment Virgin America To Remain Its Own Separate Brand For Now, Maybe Forever In a talk in front of an aviation professionals' group in New York, Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden said "the thing I’m losing the most sleep over with our merger" with Virgin
SF News [Update] Virgin America Sold To Alaska Airlines As reported last week, Virgin America put itself up for sale, and the boutique airline owned in part by Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson has reached a deal to be acquired by Alaska
