DOOLEY Observed: Judge: JetBlue pilot who left cockpit, disrupted flight is mentally competent to stand trial

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Judge: JetBlue pilot who left cockpit, disrupted flight is mentally competent to stand trial

By Betsy Blaney

AMARILLO, Texas - A JetBlue Airways pilot who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about religion and terrorists is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday.

A U.S. District judge in Texas also ruled that 49-year-old Clayton F. Osbon's psychiatric evaluation be sealed.

Osbon was indicted in April on a charge of interfering with a flight crew after a March 27 incident on a plane bound for Las Vegas from New York.

Osbon allegedly ran through the cabin yelling about Jesus and al-Qaida. The first officer locked him out of the cockpit, and passengers wrestled him to the floor. The plane made an emergency landing in Texas.

If convicted, Osbon could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

Osbon was suspended. JetBlue Airways spokeswoman Sharon Jones said Thursday that Osbon remains an employee and his status is inactive.