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I really believe the only way around this is to give a lot more attention to the hiring process. the whole purpose of a pilot having excess hours in order to fly an airliner is not just so he can get flying skills. its also so we can vet him, see him in other situations in smaller aircraft to prove himself. >> if theres anything dangerous, the guy will show up? >> hopefully. >> boy, this is tough stuff. you guys know your stuff. thank you for your expertise. up next barney franks will join us,...

On some sort of regular basis with your program but your pilot who is believed to be fine or shows no outward signs of health conditions, probably wouldnt have screening from the initial hiring process, right? >> in the u.s., when youre applying for a medical certificate, you complete an application. you indicate if youve received any kind of counselling or had a diagnosis, any health disorder or prescribed medication to treat those disorders. that would get the faa initially interested in takin...

Nobody caught anything up until now. we know that lufthansa, and for that matter u.s. airlines only do a psychological screening during the initial hiring process and training process. but once youre on board as a certified pilot whos actually flying, theres no regular psychological screening process. you go through a physical depending on your age, every six months or every year but as a part of that physical there is no psychological workup. i just got off the phone, in fact, with a flight sur...

Here. will we live in the world where we have one person deciding whether the whole plane gets killed? >> that happens to be in the world we live in. were dealing with human beings and some are psychotic. i really believe the only way around this is to give a lot more attention to the hiring process. the whole purpose of a pilot having excess hours in order to fly an airliner is not just so he can get flying skills. its also so we can vet him, see him in other situations in smaller aircraft to p...

This is 23-year-old matthew cody myers. universal studios fired him after he was arrested in polk countys most recent sting. police say he showed up to have sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. >> so when the sex was instigated by you -- >> yeah. >> what did you say to instigate the sex act? >> i was like, would you want to? >> want to what? >> have sex. >> take some deep breaths? >> im trying. >> myers told police he wouldnt have really gone through with it, and hes pled not guil...

On could a pilot be depressed? is he having problems at home anything that will indicate it would be not good for him to fly. >> they meet the technical standards of your hiring process, a psychological background test and things like that. after that, they dont profile you or check your mental health. >> so far theres been no indication of depression or psychologic problems with either man. one is a gentle family man they say couldnt be responsible for wrongdoing. >> wouldnt make any sense he w...

Solve the mystery. >> to the point of possible suicide, what do they do in terms of psychological screening. what do they do in terms of keeping up to date on could a pilot be depressed? is he having problems at home? is problems at home anything that will indicate it would be not good for him to fly. >> they meet the technical standards of your hiring process, a psychological background test and things like that. after that, they dont profile you or check your mental health. >> so far theres be...

People, executives, some of them involved in the hiring process, some of them involved in the drafting process, giving statements to the press, some with their names on them, some not. saying this will hurt him, this is absolutely a bad thing for him to have done, and there will be adverse effects in his workplace as a result of making this announcement. >> look, first of all, all credit to wade davis, who is not just a former nfl player who came out of the closet but a political activist and or...

There were no incidents. so i think once we get down to it this will be no different. >> dave, we have some nfl people, executives, some of them involved in the hiring process, some of them involved in the drafting process, giving statements to the press, some with their names on them, some not. saying this will hurt him, this is absolutely a bad thing for him to have done, and there will be adverse effects in his workplace as a result of making this announcement. >> look, first of all, all cred...

Say, lets establish good practices. do not screen people out of the hiring process because they have been out of work. ill be convening a meeting where a number of these top companies will be coming in agreeing to these best practices and well have an opportunity to encourage more people to come in. all those things cumulatively have going to have an impact. if we can get congress to pass a minimum wage law that applies to everybody instead of me through executive order making sure that folks wh...