• Comment  Judge orders pilot's competency tested  Posted: April
4, 2012 - 4:22pm FBI agents escort JetBlue Capt. Clayton F.
Osbon into the federal courthouse in Amarillo.  Amarillo Globe-
News Amarillo Globe-News  Amarillo’s federal judge ordered
suspended JetBlue Capt. Clayton F. Osbon to undergo a mental
competency test to determine if he can stand trial.  U.S.
District Judge Mary Lou Robinson’s Wednesday order said federal
marshals will transport Osbon, 49, of Richmond Hill, Ga., to an
undisclosed federal medical center. Prosecutors and E. Dean
Roper, Osbon’s attorney, agreed to the exam Wednesday after a
government motion said events described in a FBI affidavit
“establish a likelihood that Osbon may be suffering from a
mental disease or defect.”  Osbon’s test will determine whether
he understands the charge against him and can assist his
attorney in a defense, according to Robinson’s order.  Roper has
declined to comment.  JetBlue Flight 191 made an emergency
landing March 27 in Amarillo after Osbon race