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Pilots. there were several reasons that the u.s. and other places have adopted this multilayer approach. i think, tom costello is correct, this is going to be more widespread in the wake of this unbelievable act on the part of this rogue pilot. so i think that its going to facilitate a lot of discussion. its going -- on pilot screening and evaluation and the security procedures on board the aircraft. so i think that discussion is probably going to happen sooner rather than later. >> and john do ...

Both, it certainly raises a lot of questions about the co-pilot of this crash, his mental state. joining me now to talk about mental health screenings for pilots, richard quest, david soucie and law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. im glad youre still back with me. i just want to clarify something with regard to lufthansas mental health policies. the ceo clarified that the pilots do not undergo regular or routine psychological testing once they begin flying. however, lufthansa does consider an a...

To the why because its quite likely he has some writings somewhere, whether its handwritten notes or something he has written in a computer, which is what the investigators are looking for. theyll probably find some indication of how he planned this and why he did it. >> christopher, is there something more that needs to be done? regards to psychological evaluation prior to putting pilots behind the stick or more regular or do you have any thoughts on that? >> well, i think this is planned out a...

>> no. what needs to change is the dynamic of how you get a person in a cockpit who could do something like this. but the reality is is that without subscribing logical training, how could you really know that someones fit to fly? i know theres medical training or certainly medical fitness and i know theyre evaluated in that regard. theyre also evaluated in terms of competence and proficiency. but the mental dynamic is a very significant one. when you have someone here where theres no evaluation...

May or may not include a mental evaluation. we dont know what the impetus was for him to do this deliberately. >> thats right. >> but as you look at this, in kind of a light-handed screening, and that mental those stigmas about mental evaluations do exist. i wonder if it is time to step away from this. >> we do it very well in this country, thats is monitor pilots. >> they monitor pilots. >> my older brother dean, is pilot for united airlines. believe me, they monitor fatigue of pilots. they kee...

Needed to react to. i think at this point, what you have is the prosecutor stating the obvious. this is an act of manslaughter if it was deliberate. thats a crime to be t prosecuted. the fact hes no longer here is something thats out there. it wont be meaningful unless theres evidence of others being >> i was reading something else you said the families here, 18 different nationalities which maybe complicates things but the families would be better off filing a class action lawsuit near the unit...

In fact here in arizona, but its also the question of mental health. what was this persons mental state of mind and how often are crew members especially pilots and co-pilots, screened for any potential health problem here? >> well two things come -- are relevant here. one is this is a very established and old proven training program. lufthansa has been training people this way literally for decade, and its proven to be very, very effective, so the training program i think were going to find to ...

Security conditions that had to be met and that it would be phased in over a long period of time. so the issue has never been do you create a palestinian state overnight. the question is do you create a process and framework that gives the palestinians hope the possibility that down the road they have a secure state of their own standing side by side with a secure fully recognized jewish state of israel. and i think its not just my estimation. its hard to envision how that happens based on the p...

The best path forward for israels security for palestinian aspirations and for regional stability. that is our view and that continues to be our view. and prime minister netanyahu has a different approach. and so this is -- this cant be reduced to a matter of somehow lets all hold hands and sing kumbaya, this is a matter of figuring out how we get through a knotty difference that has a consequence for the countries and the region. >> [ inaudible question ] >> were going to do that evaluation and...

Substantive challenge. we believe that two states is the best path forward for israels security for palestinian aspirations, and for regional stability. thats our view and that continues to be our view. and prime minister netanyahu has a different approach. and so this cant be reduced to a matter of somehow lets all, you know hold hands and sing kumbaya kumbaya. this is a matter of figuring out how we get through a knotty policy difference that has great consequences for both countries and the r...