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How did it get past the system? >> again and again. >> exactly. it's not as simple as saying there ought to be psychological evaluations. dr. tucker would tell us that he probably could have passed them with flying colors. this man lied. that's how he did it. he fabricated it. >> somebody with mal intent is likely to lie anyway. people who are going to self-report are not going to be in a position to do what he did. >> you are looking at more psychological reporting. >> yes. >> a different infrastructure but don't be -- let's not cause a panic in a crisis. this is one case. >> robert boyer fro...

Those doctors talking to each other. you know, the point is, you're supposed to self-report. if you self-report something along the lines of what we're hearing here, you're 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 that's a renewed debate here. we have seen that pilot suicides have occurred before, but rarely. now we're seeing many airlines change their cockpit rules, specifically here in europe to have two people in the cockpit at all times. do you think this will make flying safer? >> well...

>> not since the phones have been re movmoved in the back of the seats. not that i am aware of. >> and wouldn't it have been beneficial to have the live streaming video of the cockpit. we have talked about this a lot, david soucie and this is a point of great contention with the pilot unions. >> yes, and before we got to that and say that it is a critical thing that has to be done to airplanes, we have to make sure that we standardize the way that we implement the existing rules, and for instance the rule of two. that is the rule of the two that we have had in the united states since that time...

Damage repayment? >> well people who were injured and families devastated have a remedy under the montreal convention. there's a guarantee of $157,000 per passenger. >> that's if the airline has no liability at all. >> no liability at all and they can't prove a case. however, here i think you're going to have a strong negligence claim against germanwings and its owner lufthansa saying that the screening process for pilots was improper. obviously we're hearing now about mental health issues with respect to the co-pilot. there is also evidence that there have been prior pilot suicides. you had t...

From the flight data recorder, and all of this information regretly has been leaked evidently. >> and david soucie. >> much of it before it was verified by the investigators, themselves. >> and jim, i want to go back to address the cockpit video. i'm not against the cockpit videos and let's start there, and what i am against is not learning from the lessons learned, and that is what is happen ing happening in my estimation, because we have learned that the cockpit door is a deterrent, and we have said, that and since that is in place, no unauthor unauthorized cockpit access, and two, we have l...