PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday, ...

Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down a commercial plane's engines midflight in 2023 while traveling off duty in the cockpit's jump seat, was sentenced Monday in ...

Joseph Emerson was sentenced to time served in his federal case. A former Alaska Airlines pilot will avoid prison time for trying to shut down the engines of a passenger plane in midair from a cockpit ...