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Intent on getting something done somebody else may not be able to stop you. lets put up the graphic we dont know. we dont know the exact nature of the psychological or the vision problems what anti-depres ants he was on whether he was taking the medication whether the crash was premed indicated. do you think that given the vulnerability of innocent people you should change this self reporting in the industry and make it something more invasive of knowing whats going on with a pilots mental healt...

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...

You talked about. we have programs right now in aviation called the aviation safe action program where the faa has come out and said information is more important than judging pilots and were going to replace any type of punitive action with a corrective action so you can report errors and violations and you are kind of rewarded for self-reporting and taking of the initiative on this. but the faa saying, hey, look, guess what? before you may have given a fine or time off right now were going to ...

Is unexcusable but the last time something like that -- like this happened and the u.s. was an attempted suicide, in a fedex cargo plane and the crew overpowered pilot intent on suicide. so this doesnt happen very often but we havent seen fit to impose mandatory periodic psychological testing other than the annual or semi-annual physical that airline pilots take. aviation medical examiners -- these are doctors. they are trained to recognize this but theyre not psychiatrists. theyre psychologists...

Psychological evaluations. the way this works is is a lot of it hinges on self-reporting. they have to report psychological or medical problems. he didnt do that. when the pilots are cadets or training to be pilots, there are psychological evaluations. the entire process of becoming a pilot means putting them under stress and seeing how they function under duress situations. he clearly passed, but something happened along the way he didnt tell his employer about. fred for us in germany. thanks, ...

>> okay. also this question brian coming in for you. as an attorney this came into us from buzzy moore saying is the doctor who cited lubitz as being unfit accountable in any way? and the question here is should that doctor -- should doctors have to tell airlines employers, this and not just depend on self-reporting? >> thats a fantastic question poppy. the answer is the doctor -- the psychologist would not be liable. and i think this prompts change that we need. i think we should deem the psych...

That is going to mean that you can no longer put food on the table, you wont draw an income from this particular profession then youre not going to report that information. does it seem maybe that it turns to the culpability of an airplane or even an industry to allow that kind of routine to be in place? >> well as mary can tell you in the federal government, you know, were watched heavily in everything we do so its more than just self reporting. and self reporting, i guess it does play a part i...

Interfering with their ability to fly. but there are obviously reasons where that might not work. and in certain nations, it is a required for the doctors to make those reports. >> david, we did talk earlier it is self-reporting that is usually the standard in the u.s. but as a result of a tragedy like this do you see any potential reform to that policy whether it be in the u.s. or even abroad? >> well i think self reporting has to be there, but i think there also needs to be something to supple...

Rescue efforts there where the crash happened, are resuming but high winds are complicating the efforts there. they have a lot of obstacles and aircraft debris there. very few bodies have been found hole. we know that an access road is being built into the area. we have heard from the beginning how difficult that it is to get to the stop many the french alps. we know thats happening at this hour. allison and victor, i am going toss it back to you and any develops here in germany. >> thank you so...

Instance and stress management which mostly mitigates posttraumatic stress disorder that being said i have recommended to our supervisors, our chief pilots and said listen we should havent them go to work today and lets let them work out the problem. >> richard, youve ben speaking with pilots and chief executives of airlines. for some critics, as miles points out, the airlines test them twhan hire them then dont want to hear about it. is that the read youre getting? >> no, its not. its not they ...