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There was a lot of thought given to what are the alternatives to get in the cockpit? that may have been why the u.s. was a little more thoughtful about a back-up getting into the cockpit. >> okay. interestingly we also -- one of our cnn employees was on a germanwings flight this morning and reported hearing the captain come over the loud speaker and insure passengers on the plane and say we have you know we'll always have two people in the cockpit. people are poking holes in this. even if you had the instance the pilot left the cockpit. a crew member has to sit in the cockpit with the co-pilot...

Investigation. but it was ntsb it was with the navy salvage operations to bring up the remains of the aircraft and the human remains to try to find any physical evidence that would katie the aircraft went down after the black boxes were recovered and much better insight. but it was several months later before there was some additional information that came through some other agencies that led the law enforcement intelligence communities to conclude that the co-pilot had put the plane down in a suicide operation possibly to kill a number of egyptian military officers on board. there were 31 or ...

We need to find a way to make sure our pilots receive the scrutiny that's required and not go overboard with the scrutiny. you know? that's insulting to most pilots and most people. so we need to find a balance. that's going to take mental health professionals to figure out what we need to do. >> how do you react back in 1989 when that egypt air guy, for whatever combination of reasons, he was praying 13 times to god as he brought that plane down fighting the whole time with his senior 350i89 to bring the plane down, and he succeeded. what did you think when you heard that? wait a minute, what...

The auto pilot because the plane is flying on auto pilot. and typically if someone was to follow have a -- to have a high pockia event, be overwhelm -- hypoxia event, be overwhelmed, the plane would ton a designated flight path. it's interesting in technical area to visit. the other scenario is that one of the pilots left the cockpit, was then outside, was then locked out, and deliberate action by the other pilot to take the plane down which has happened before. certainly it take the onus of the investigation away from the airplane itself as being at fault. looks direct iii human factors, elem...

The set of "stallworth 7." but usually that doesn't happen. a lot of these people get the adrenaline rush a lot of us get the rush. you really have to okay, how do you top yourself what can i do now? how can i expand the boundary, what can i do to test my competence in emergencies. you know, it is the fuel of life. and what is interesting about harrison ford i think, is that at the age of 72, he's not meaningfully different than he was back in the day when i hung out in central america 30 years ago. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> and the way he took the plane down without hitting anybody else. ...