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Officially for that break, and apparently had to go to psych evaluation before hired, but how do you go about looking at that now, the first thing i wonder are there other pilots out there now who may be doing the same thing, hiding illnesses, tearing up notes? >> listen i cant speak to that. i think that you know we have an isolated case here that involves one single pilot in europe who was on lufthansa, one of the best run airlines in the world. i think you will find probably people in every p...

Thats the responsible thing to do. >> how do you encourage these pilots to self-report, especially if they are suffering from some sort of mental as opposed to physical ailment? >> i think the thing thats important here is that you have an honor system where self-reporting is encouraged is mandated but its a two-way street. the airlines themselves have to be willing to protect this asset of theirs their pilots. what we have seen since deregulation is constant stress on the pilots. the airlines d...

There are confidentiality rules. in the united states if youre on medicine for a psychological issue, you have to be if i am not mistaken off that med for a year before the faa would clear you to fly again. but there is the self disclosure issue that is you know part of medical confidentiality issues and sometimes the two may run right up against each other. >> kitty, speak to that given it is an honor system to self report. will they start looking into other airlines how that can be changed kno...

Did. if they did know what he did, i assume as in all medical practices, you know the occupation of the person youre treating, it ought to be routine. if they knew and were treating him with something which would have implications for someone who had a job, whose job concerned safety of hundreds of other people that they werent concerned about that. theres a breach here of communication. i suspect it may be a breach because of the -- and germany is sensitive to this. >> theres a huge gray area, ...

Person. once theyve got the job, no, theres no regular psychological -- unless theres a reason. depression perhaps. or some other sort of stress determined. airlines are very careful at one level to ensure that they are monitoring potential stresses. there is an internal reporting system in most airlines that you can privately and confidentially both self-report and report someone else youre concerned about. you dont want to create an environment where youre spying on each other. you dont want a...

>> reporter: another problem? pilots say the airlines dont check periodically to see if somethings come up in a pilots personal life that may lead to a psychological breakdown, like a marital or financial issue. and they are not required to check for that. its up to a pilot to self-report. >> if he or she doesnt self-report, what happens? >> if you dont self-report, its really going unnoticed. typically, what happens is if you have an issue, one of your crew members might recognize something lik...

>> thank you, so much amanda. im joined by maria chappele-nadal, good to see you, we thought we were going through a process where they were resignations and police chief resigned and now the shootings which may be completely unrelated, came from a different area what is this doing to the community in ferguson? >> well i have to tell you, andrea this is a situation that causes us to really pause in the movement. we recognize that there are outsiders that have come into our communities before. bu...

Fairly. >> unless they want to deport them. >> so incredibly condescending. no one can believe him when he makes these speeches with these promises, going through the laundry list of things people are going to do, theyre going to submit to background checks, self-report when they are not feeling well. if you can see her doctor, how can you trust immigration program that is so unilateral? it can be potentially very dangerous. back to you, melissa. >> talked about immigration reform. was this refo...

People are not talking about. and that s. the children that are at these facilities, who are they being released to? and that was eye-opening to me as well. >> who are they being released to? >> in many cases they are being released to other illegal aliens in our country which, as you can imagine, its very difficult to do a criminal background check on illegal aliens in our country. without that kind of verification process, they are relying on simply asking questions and self-reporting, just as...

People are not talking about. and that s. the children that are at these facilities, who are they being released to? and that was eye-opening to me as well. >> who are they being released to? >> in many cases they are being released to other illegal aliens in our country which, as you can imagine, its very difficult to do a criminal background check on illegal aliens in our country. without that kind of verification process, they are relying on simply asking questions and self-reporting, just as...