A former Alaska Airlines pilot and San Francisco Bay Area resident who allegedly tried to cut the engines to a passenger flight while off-duty and in a cockpit jumpseat has been released from custody, according to media reports out of Oregon. Joseph Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, had been in custody at the Multnomah County (Ore.) Detention Center since his arrest following the Oct. 22 incident aboard Horizon Air flight 2509 from Everett, Wash. to San Francisco. Emerson was originally charged with endangering an aircraft and 83 counts of attempted murder in the incident. This week, an Oregon grand …
