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To les abend in our last show, les actually did his real job this week. we actually took a -- flew to london as a 777 pilot and he said people in the industry, the crew of the planes of pilots, the flight crew, everyone is talking about this particular story and how to improve and, you know, to come up with their own theories. and you as well, i know that you attended a con frerference a co of weeks ago. but i imagine as an investigator when youre not on cnn,which is not a lot of your time, peop...

There is no really -- not heavily trafficked by ships, by air. it is very strange that were finding all this activity going on there and hopefully that debris field will lead us to that is accurate. >> i hate to be negative here. but mr. abend, thanks. les abend, thanks to so many of you. do you think in todays technology and the advances we have, you think we will absolutely find this plane? >> im optimistic. >> okay. thank you very much. we now know that flight 370 had a dramatic drop in altit...

Complicit and had a plot on its own, doing this kind of maneuver would not be anything that would necessarily be required. so, you know, this is one of many scenarios we have looked at, but we certainly have a game changer here. >> miles obrien, stick around. well need you to help me out with this. i want to bring in now les abend. youve flown a 777 many times. does this new information reduce suspicions about foul play in the cockpit? >> on the surface, it seems to. i dont want to discount any ...

Finding all this activity going on there and hopefully that debris field will lead us to that is accurate. >> i hate to be negative here. but mr. abend, thanks. les abend, thanks to so many of you. do you think in todays technology and the advances we have, you think we will absolutely find this plane? >> im optimistic. >> okay. thank you very much. we now know that flight 370 had a dramatic drop in altitude. coming up. well take you inside our flight simulator and let you know what that looks l...

Suggest any wrongdoing. still, everyone in the cockpit undergoes routine psychological tests. >> going forward we will review all of this and see whether we can strengthen the various entry requirements. >> reporter: current pilots tell us the screening depends on the airline and governoring body. les says his airline asks questions about his personality. >> do you like your mother, do you hate your father, you know, things of that nature. you know, have you ever harmed a small animal. >> report...

Problems. some medications are bad. but some pilots say they dont always get asked about psychological issues and its often up to pilots to report those and to report any medications they are taking. >> if he or she doesnt self report, what happens? >> if you dont self-report, its gone unnoticed. typically what happens is if you have an issue, one of your crew members might recognize something like that. >> reporter: do the airlines check on pilots to see if anythings come up in their personal l...