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>> theyve got to fix that im sure. justin you were saying earlier today, gate keeping, finding an applicant with illnesses like this co-pilot from getting into the cockpit, thats the most important part of the screening process. >> theres a couple of issues. one is as we just heard, is that theres a big difference between minor depression of depression that can be treated, and monitored by the flight surgeon, by the flight examiner and what apparently this young man had. this young man had some ...

Wanted to be a pilot his entire life. are you going to go to a doctor and get a treatment that might knock you out? the other thing i want to talk about here is this guys, its really not just about a pilot who was working and developed a problem. this guy apparently had the problem. >> right. >> he wasnt screened out initially at the airlines. because i think its one thing to have a pilot who has been 20 years with the airlines suddenly develops a problem as opposed to someone who should have ne...