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Extraordinarily rare. and so the likelihood of someone getting on an airplane and actually having a pilot that was fighting a depression issue of the magnitude that this first officer was, is almost unheard of. it certainly -- i can think of two or three cases in the last say, 30 or 40 years. so that said aviation safety and security procedures are regularly reviewed and updated. they are always evolving. and i think as an outgrowth of this investigation. of this event, we're going to look and see how we maintain the best balance between protecting the flight deck from someone that has the int...

Would be more opportunity to vet a person like this. >> interesting point that leads me to the next conversation about mental health screening. some reports are emerging that there was a depression issue with this co-pilot. "wall street journal" is going as far to say he had some sort of medical condition. we talk about the self-reporting with david soucie a moment ago and with justin green. self-reporting seems questionable if you're relying on the person themself to say hey, i've got an issue. or even the other pilot or a peer to say this guy's got a problem. that seems questionable. >> yeah...

Pregnant, regardless of the depression issue, she had an obligation to care for that unborn child. gregg: you say no, meg, why? >> &. and what about all the other mothers out there who have other issues, health issues? who do not get proper prenatal care? this is very scary. i am sorry, i use that word scary, but this gives me a chilling effect as i sit here. gregg: in some states, mothers can be charged with child buse if they take illegal drugs during pregnancy. how is this different? >> what about if they have die eates orioo i can't think of the different medical conditions one has while p...