article_snippet: The suit filed by former captain Clayton Osbon three years after former captain Clayton Osbon meltdown on a flight from New York to Las Vegas, comes amid increased scrutiny of how major airlines evaluate pilots' mental health in the wake of the allegedly intentional crash of a Germanwings .
article_snippet: Osbon, 52, claims in the lawsuit that officials at JetBlue missed several indications that something was wrong with former captain Clayton Osbon mental health the day of a flight from New York to Las Vegas, noting former captain Clayton Osbon missed a pre-flight meeting for the first time in years and arrived to fly disheveled and disoriented.
article_snippet: Restrained: Clayton Osbon, 52, pictured here being taken off a New York to Las Vegas flight after former captain Clayton Osbon breakdown, is suing JetBlue for failing to recognize former captain Clayton Osbon was mentally ill .
article_snippet: Osbon moved slowly during pre-flight checks for the flight to Las Vegas from New York, and later relieved former captain Clayton Osbon of duty after being told by the first officer former captain Clayton Osbon had missed several calls from air traffic control, the lawsuit adds.
article_snippet: After a co-pilot locked Osbon out of the cockpit, former captain Clayton Osbon 'ran down the aisles screaming and ranting concerning imagined terrorism and the need for all on board on embrace religion.'
article_snippet: Osbon, right, is led out by FBI agents after being released from Northwest Texas hospital in Amarillo following his mid-air breakdown .
article_snippet: Osbon, left, was an experienced pilot but a 'complex partial brain seizure' impaired Osbon brain functions and caused Osbon to hallucinate, according to the lawsuit .
article_snippet: After the flight was grounded in Northwest Texas, Osbon was indicted on charges of interfering with a flight crew and found not guilty by reason of insanity.
article_snippet: Among other conditions of his sentence, Osbon was ordered not to board a commercial or private plane without permission from a probation officer.
article_snippet: Osbon remains suspended on medical leave, no longer collecting what once was a more than $300,000 annual salary.
article_snippet: The lawsuit states Osbon has not suffered a seizure since beginning a regimen of prescription medication.
highlights_snippet: Clayton Osbon, 52, claims in a lawsuit the airline failed to recognize signs he was in mental distress before a flight in which he broke down shouting .
  
highlights_snippet: a lawsuit the airline failed to recognize signs he was in mental distress before a flight in which he broke down shouting claims Osbon missed a pre-flight meeting and arrived disheveled .
  
highlights_snippet: After relieving himself of duty during the flight, Osbon was locked out of the cockpit .
  
highlights_snippet: Osbon shouted at passengers about Jesus and al-Qaeda before being tackled and restrained .