Joseph Emerson pleaded guilty or no-contest to all the charges against him. Photo: AP PHOTO

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 additional prison time.

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US District Court Judge Amy Baggio sentenced Joseph Emerson, 44, to time served and supervised release for three years a hearing in Portland, Oregon. Federal prosecutors had asked for one year in prison, while his lawyers had sought probation.

"Pilots are not perfect. They are human," she said on Monday.

"They are people and all

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