A federal judge has decided that a former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 won't serve prison time.

A federal judge on Monday ruled there would be no prison time for a former Alaska Airlines pilot who had taken psychedelic mushrooms days before he tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit.

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean, he probably won’t fly commercial passenger flights anymore, but there’s a good chance he could still be a bush pilot in Alaska.

    • theyoyomaster@lemmy.world
      3·
      22 hours ago

      The FAA will never issue him even a private pilot certificate again in his entire life, let alone a commercial to be allowed to fly as a bush pilot.