Speculation, then nonof this would come out. i am all for it. speaking of the details coming out, we re hearing that the co-pilot had their notes from doctors telling him and basically saying that he was unfit to fly. should doctors have a mission to report mental illness if being trusted with lives? this is the doctor patient relationship, isn t it. there s no reason for the airline doctor medical surface to have their people on top f it. if they at least suspect and they did not know that this gentlemen had a problem before. he was off for six months, then they should increase the frequency of the examination and testing. now they do tend to rely on the psychological party during the simulator days that they go on
Our pilots but everybody else in the system that has access to an operating aircraft. that means people on the ground and that means flight attendants now. take a look, we re trying to put the flight attendant in the cockpit everywhere. we do it pretty much here. put them in the cockpit everywhere to replace the pilot when he walks out. but what s the condition of the person coming in? are they vetted? are they security checks on the flight attendants enough to trust them to be in the cockpit with a situation like that? these pilots are examined once a year. and as i understand it, the examination is done by an airline doctor. but it focuses mainly on physical fitness to fly. the psychological evaluations are addressed based largely on a questionnaire filled out by a pilot or copilot, sort an honor system and there is great incentive not to be honest about it because they might yank your