>> we don't know if that's true. we knew somebody wrote a note that said you may not work this day. now, i don't know if that was permission not to work if that was by that doctor for another medical illness. >> "the times" is reporting multiple physicians, two or more. that would suggest he went for a second opinion. >> did they know he was a pilot? did they know he was a pilot? that would be my question. >> i'm assuming they do. >> there's no way to know. unless you're a medical examiner designated by the european association, you wouldn't know. if he doesn't tell you i'm a pilot, how would you know? >> but i would say this -- if it was a mental health professional who said you're too depressed to be flying in my opinion, then yes, i would say that would be a duty to warn. >> is this finally the instance that brings about realtime transmission of cockpit data? >> i can hope so. but here's something really historical with this event.