(Portland, OR) -- A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to crash a plane carrying more than 80 people two years ago is being released on probation. A federal judge in Portland sentenced Joseph Emerson to time served and probation yesterday. Emerson was also fined 100 dollars, waives his right to appeal and will be on supervised release for three years. Prosecutors wanted at least a year in jail. Emerson was riding in the cockpit jump seat on a flight from Everett to San Francisco in 2023 when he tried to shut down the jet's engines. The flight made an emergency landing in Portland. Emerson told police he hadn't slept in 40 hours, was suffering a nervous breakdown and had used psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours before the flight.