Well, that explains a lot. Shrooms are great, everyone should do it once in their life. But they should only do it somewhere safe, calm and ideally with a sober “trip sitter”.

Part of me wants to feel sorry for the guy, but it was beyond reckless and stupid for him to be tripping in a cockpit, let alone on a plane at all. Especially for his first time! His dealer isn’t culpable for the pilots actions, but obviously didn’t prepare him on what to expect. Everything would’ve been fine if he had just gone to his basement with a bunch of stuffed animals and some chill music.

Edit: After reading some comments, if he took shrooms two days earlier than it’s not the cause. Maximum your trip lasts like 12 hours. Sleep deprivation seems more likely to me