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Pilot you cannot fly, generally speaking around the world its up to the pilot to tell the employer. it was in this case. it was up to him. he didnt do it. shouldnt the doctor be responsible. if someone is a pilot you tell lufthansa, whoever it is? >> the standards are set by the faa. >> those medical examiners who are designated too are certified. if they make this mistake they lose their certification. thats are the punishment stops. thats pretty much where the punishment stops. now you have to...

We have not heard from lufthansa or the prosecutors. they have not commented on any of that reporting at this point. >> its a stunning revelation. i know you said you talked to someone who trained lufthansa pilots. what was the training like. my understanding is they said this is incredibly mentally stressful and on purpose. >> reporter: yeah. the way he described it and he trained here for a couple of years and there were a lot of students who came through. they spend anywhere from six months t...

Event. we need to appreciate that. we dont just say thats it. this has been recognized by tony evans from ikeo. just this last year saying that when they do the periodic flight physical they shouldnt be checking his weight and blood pressure they should be having a conversation. if they have a relationship with the aviator then they can get into how are your relationships. how are you sleeping eating? that should be more of a focus. >> quickly, all this presumes one thing. it presumes someone wa...

To terrorists or cyber hijacking, isnt that greater risk than the planes you might save? >> i was impressed by richards take on the depression segment and i agreed with many of the things you said. thats a big variable is the pilot. nobody knew this guy has a serious problem until after the fact. there are going to be some issues with that. were not talking about controlling every airplane all the time. its undoable. were talking about having the issue to go in when theres a known issue and taki...

This march toward passengers planes that are automated will be very slow. >> thank you very much. robert you think this technology might work and could be effective in preventing another tragedy like the one we saw. that would mean in these 8 to 10 minutes, pilot not responding someone from the ground would have been able to take that plane over pull it up and avert the disaster? >> thats exactly right. it has descended without getting clearance from atc to do that. at that point when they weren...

You cant just say, theyve had a psychological incident in their life and just stop. maybe the airline should have been more rigorous in terms of what it did. we have not heard about the evaluations that were made. >> we havent. >> it may be case thats fallen between the cracks of what should happen, what did happen and what would be best practice. thats entirely possible. >> david, ill give you we dont know at this point. we just have these basic pieces. the basic pieces are truly hard to unders...

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Its an excellent program. excellent results. if you dont have a program like that you have people not disclosing and not getting treated for the condition. >> they would hide it. you would rather know than be underground. when it comes to lufthansa, gary is talking about regular check ups, something theres been reports he suffered from. we dont know if that was it if there were other mental issues. we dont know the whole panopoly at this point. youre in. youre in. thats it. >> i think more has b...