Former Pilot Who Tried to Kill Engines ‘Better For It’

The former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off the engines of a passenger airplane mid-flight last October during a hallucinatory episode says he’s “better for it.”

“I’m better for it, which is kind of a weird thing to say, but I am really better for all of us,” Joseph Emerson told ABC News in an interview that aired Friday.

“At the end of the day, I accept responsibility for the choices that I made,” he added.

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