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In this case its a mental condition with physical manifestation. in the united states thats covered by the law, if you have a physical manifestation, theyre supposed to pick it up in your medical exam. but psychological testing isnt required here or in the eu. >> so my question is we know as a germanwings pilot that lubitz had to fill out an annual questionnaire. it says, are you taking any medications? have you ever attempted suicide? do you have any psychiatric, psychological or neurological d...

People and that responsibility. its a very high level of dignity, responsibility and just nobility almost in a lot of areas its viewed that way. but these people have identified this. they do self-report. i dont want to give the impression that theres thousands of pilots doing this. for the most part they are reporting. however we do need to change this. we do need to get more information about it. and quit putting the onus directly on the airlines because this is a regulatory issue. its somethi...

Some antidepressants, for example, including zoloft, then thats all right. if you function well, if youre cleared by a doctor. >> you have to self-report. >> you have to self-report. there is an incentive to self-reporting. if you dont self-report and those meds show up in your yearly blood work, then youre talking about suspension or fines. so there is an incentive. >> erin we should be relieved here in this country mr. lubitz would have never qualified to be an airline pilot in this country ri...

That help and you can come back and be in the cockpit and be on some antidepressants, for example, including zoloft, then thats all right. if you function well, if youre cleared by a doctor. >> you have to self-report. >> you have to self-report. there is an incentive to self-reporting. if you dont self-report and those meds show up in your yearly blood work, then youre talking about suspension or fines. so there is an incentive. >> erin we should be relieved here in this country mr. lubitz woul...

He would have had to filled out a questionnaire. some of the questions are are you taking medication have you ever wanted to commit suicide, do you have any neurological diseases? we dont know the timing of when he filled out this questionnaire or of course when he was diagnosed with the psycho systematic issues but we do know here in germany its up to the pilot to self-report any mental health issues. >> thank you so much. lets go to dr. aaron bowan. she works with pilots and joins us from phoe...

Those doctors talking to each other. you know, the point is, youre supposed to self-report. if you self-report something along the lines of what were hearing here, youre out of a job, essentially. so you could see that the inherent conflict of interest here in this system. >> let me ask you this, this is something thats a renewed debate here. we have seen that pilot suicides have occurred before, but rarely. now were seeing many airlines change their cockpit rules, specifically here in europe to...

>> well often times people that have mental health issues are really able to present quite well and present quite normally so just visually looking at someone or even having a conversation if they have good impression management skills if they know hey, i have got to come across as really normal and plugged in they can do that and thats why self reported information can be so unreliable. to me whats so interesting here is if this person was so attached to this job, he voluntarily went to these d...

There were not one but two doctors notes that were torn up by andreas lubitz that would have made him unfit to fly, you wonder why it wasnt in place, the protocol of some sort, where the doctor would have to tell the airline tell the employer, not just leave it up to andreas lubitz, to self-report. >> and you wonder why the doctor wasnt moved by his own conscience to do that. somewhere along the way, the mentally ill became a protected class in america and western europe, and were all for privac...

That this is a person who shouldnt be entrusted with the lives of others in that context. but theres kind of this dont ask, dont tell scenario which exists in airlines. airlines do put people through psychological testing when they hire them but after that they really dont want to hear about it unless you self-report. and in the climate of adversarial -- the adversarial nature between management and pilots, the mistrust that exists between both entity pilots are loathe to self-report because the...

Volatile? you cant necessarily trust they are going to self report. >> well back to the medical community directly fredricka. the faa and the safety systems we have in place, whether its the united states or worldwide, is what we consider a safety umbrella. within that safety umbrella, are certificates that grant you the authority to operate within the air space. so thats what a pilot certificate does. it says you will operate within the air space. the medical community that maintains the authen...