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Concern for how i was getting along with my family. and upset the flight attendant and thought it was very offensive. he verbalized other passengers thinking the same thing. in a way we have failed our customers our passengers are the post important people that make this airline business what is it. we take it very personally. to miles point by the way with reference to this program that lufthansa has, hes absolutely right. in this country 1500 hours its very important. this is somebody that wen...

Apparently. >> and at one time we were questioning, is this terrorism. is this something that is islamic terrorism. after 9/11 everybody thinks about that as soon as there is a crash. if everybody worries about flight security period we wanted to take a look at a tsa checklist on whether -- how they screen us for where we are psychologically. and to many it seems completely ridiculous if we can put those on the screen for you. signs you might be a terrorist. exaggerated yawning excessive complai...

Pilot beside him. >> in the initial assessment do they kaukt doctors to find out more or is it an in-house screening process? >> it is an in-house screening process in germany in particular there is strict rules about releasing medical records. typically what pilots do is ghie for their medical exam for flying to an aviation medical examiner and they have a separate doctor for the rest of thar lif their life. pilots like to have it that way. youre supposed to self-report, but if you self report ...

Honest account of the reputation of lufthanza and did not seem to have an inkling about this pilot. has there been any reaction from the tyler these reports? >> reporter: -- the airline to these reports? >> reporter: no -- so far the reaction that weve gotten has opinion one from brief directly. they said they can confirm that they did not ever receive a sick note from andreas lubitz. they say that that corroborates the findings of the german investigators. theres been very little statements oth...

The co-pilot that you still have this morning. >> first and foremost they will go back through his records to see the screening process which for lufthansa and germanwings is very, very extensive. are there any key indicators in the screening process that needs to be revised. this investigation has transitioned from being an aircraft accident investigation to a criminal investigation. and so the normal police protocols are now going to take precedent. the aircraft accident investigators are goin...

Investigators searching the home of 27-year-old andreas lubitz. taking several bags with them looking for a motive of why he flew into a mountain. were learning that he reset the planes auto pilot to descend to 100 feet. the disaster leaving families shattered and airline executives stunned. lufthansas ceo spoke exclusively to cnns fred flight gen pleitgen about the tragedy. tell us what he said. >> he said he was shocked by what happened there, by the fact that one of his pilots did this he als...

Fox news alert. the screening process for the pilots coming under new scrutiny in the wake of the germanwings crash and what were learning about the co-pilot andreas lubitz. doug luzader joins with us more on this. hes also a pilot. so much changed about this story, what about his mental state? >> brian, thats the big question now. andreas lubitz may have had issues as a german tabloid reporting he may have suffered from depression. the way this works in the united states is you have to -- if yo...

Through quite a difficult process, but could get reissued. now we have a program where pilots who are taking certain antidepressants can actually come forward and they can undergo a screening process that includes testing and receiving the reports from their mental health professional and its a very clean, very clear process. now we have quite a few pilots who are participating in that. hopefully coming forward, either going underground, getting medication without informing folks but also gettin...

Damage repayment? >> well people who were injured and families devastated have a remedy under the montreal convention. theres a guarantee of $157,000 per passenger. >> thats if the airline has no liability at all. >> no liability at all and they cant prove a case. however, here i think youre going to have a strong negligence claim against germanwings and its owner lufthansa saying that the screening process for pilots was improper. obviously were hearing now about mental health issues with respe...

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 ...