A JetBlue Airways pilot who had to be restrained during a 2012 flight after shouting about Jesus and al-Qaeda sued for more than $ 16 million Friday , claiming the airline failed to recognize and address his mental condition . The suit filed by former captain Clayton Osbon three years after his 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 . Osbon , 52 , claims in the lawsuit that officials at JetBlue missed several indications that something was wrong with his mental health the day of the flight , noting he missed a pre-flight meeting for the first time in years and arrived to fly disheveled and disoriented . Scroll down for video . Restrained : Clayton Osbon , 52 , pictured here being taken off a New York to Las Vegas flight after his breakdown , is suing JetBlue for failing to recognize he was mentally ill. Osbon moved slowly during pre-flight checks for the flight to Las Vegas from New York , and later relieved himself of duty after being told by the first officer he had missed several calls from air traffic control , the lawsuit adds . After a co-pilot locked Osbon out of the cockpit , he 'ran down the aisles screaming and ranting concerning imagined terrorism and the need for all on board on embrace religion . ' The lawsuit alleges that JetBlue allowed the flight to continue for three hours and 'unnecessarily endangered the lives of Captain Osbon , the crew and the 135 passengers . ' There were no injuries on the flight , which eventually made an emergency landing in Amarillo , Texas . The meltdown resulted from a complex partial brain seizure that 'severely impaired his ability to perform basic activities , caused him to hallucinate , and caused extreme feelings of paranoia and religious fervor , ' according to the suit . The lawsuit also alleges the airline routinely ignored crew members ' impairment , whether by alcohol , drugs or mental and emotional distress , in order to protect their careers . Hospitalized : Osbon , right , is led out by FBI agents after being released from Northwest Texas hospital in Amarillo following his mid-air breakdown . Veteran captain : Osbon , left , was an experienced pilot but a 'complex partial brain seizure ' impaired his brain functions and caused him to hallucinate , according to the lawsuit . Nearly three dozen passengers sued JetBlue in 2012 for being 'grossly negligent ' by allowing Osbon to fly with unchecked mental issues . JetBlue eventually settled the lawsuit in April of the following year for an undisclosed sum . After the flight was grounded in Texas , Osbon was indicted on charges of interfering with a flight crew and found not guilty by reason of insanity . Among other conditions of his sentence , Osbon was ordered not to board a commercial or private plane without permission from a probation officer . Osbon remains suspended on medical leave , no longer collecting what once was a more than $ 300,000 annual salary . The lawsuit states he has not suffered a seizure since beginning a regimen of prescription medication .
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 . The lawsuit claims Osbon missed a pre-flight meeting and arrived disheveled . The meltdown was caused by a seizure resulting from a lingering traumatic brain injury that occurred in Osbon 's childhood , the lawsuit states . After relieving himself of duty during the flight , Osbon was locked out of the cockpit . He shouted at passengers about Jesus and JetBlue before being tackled and restrained .