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Psychological testing. what could when e we hear from them potentially severe mental defect that he suffered from, what could that be that could lead someone to up and leave a post? >> a couple things. we have talked about this off and on for over a year. it's one of those things if our medical records can't follow us to help what's happening so when the coast guard somehow did not get the release of those records to the army, they brought him in, they didn't have a full capture picture of who he was. you have one issue with if there's a mental health issue it needs to follow us to protect not...

And saudi arabia and jordan. >> these are highly vetted individuals. that's an important part of the program. second, the training takes place in a secure location. third, our people participating in the training are very experienced. >> i want to bring in senior correspondent nick paton walsh. nick how are they deciding who to train and arm here? >> reporter: a complex vetting process which is involving psychological testing and background checks. at this stage, it is 90. we are losing power here. you may not be able to hear me. we are talking about 90 in the first wave initially trained of a...

This guy was trained at. during this training at the flight school he had to take a leave of absence because of psychological issues. apparently he told them when he came back he suffered a severe case of depression. at the time reports came out he also had suicideal ideation at least at that point. what's interesting to find out from the investigation is what the airline did -- this is all before he was hired. what did they do in terms of their initial screening? is this guy a guy you want in the cockpit of an airplane. >> what do you suppose they did in their initial screening, david? >> in ...

Accusation. you are just in one fell swoop bebesmirk bebesmirked the low-cost industry in europe. >> well, ki name you other incidents the collgan crash in buffalo, and this crash has roots in the low-cost industry and the approach they have taken. there rare many layers of redundancy in safety in aviation have been e en eeen eroded post regulation. >> and now, bringing in gary with a pielot who has e depression, they can continue to fly under specific circumstances, isn't that correct? >> it is absolutely correct. i am personally following right now, 20 pilots who are in the program who was s...

>> translator: he was 100% fit to fly without restrictions. >> reporter: initially, lufthansa insisted it was unaware of any medical issues associated with lubitz. but the airline dropped a bombshell tuesday, revealing the 27-year-old, in fact himself reported five years ago that he had suffered an episode of severe depression. lufthansa says it put him in the cockpit after putting lubitz through psychological testing. jim phillips of the german pilots union says germany has a strong support system for pilots. >> our pilots don't fall through the cracks and are unemployed and have no money if ...