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Pilot you cannot fly, generally speaking around the world it's up to the pilot to tell the employer. it was in this case. it was up to him. he didn't do it. shouldn't the doctor be responsible. if someone is a pilot you tell lufthansa, whoever it is? >> the standards are set by the faa. >> those medical examiners who are designated too are certified. if they make this mistake they lose their certification. that's are the punishment stops. that's pretty much where the punishment stops. now you have to imply rules in an area. >> richard is agitated. >> you got that but this is my point. my point...

We have not heard from lufthansa or the prosecutors. they have not commented on any of that reporting at this point. >> it's a stunning revelation. i know you said you talked to someone who trained lufthansa pilots. what was the training like. my understanding is they said this is incredibly mentally stressful and on purpose. >> reporter: yeah. the way he described it and he trained here for a couple of years and there were a lot of students who came through. they spend anywhere from six months to a year. they have to spend at least six months to fly. it's the rule they have in place. he calle...

Event. we need to appreciate that. we don't just say that's it. this has been recognized by tony evans from ikeo. just this last year saying that when they do the periodic flight physical they shouldn't be checking his weight and blood pressure they should be having a conversation. if they have a relationship with the aviator then they can get into how are your relationships. how are you sleeping eating? that should be more of a focus. >> quickly, all this presumes one thing. it presumes someone was mentally ill and that's it and not also for lack of a better word evil or planning something li...

To terrorists or cyber hijacking, isn't that greater risk than the planes you might save? >> i was impressed by richard's take on the depression segment and i agreed with many of the things you said. that's a big variable is the pilot. nobody knew this guy has a serious problem until after the fact. there are going to be some issues with that. we're not talking about controlling every airplane all the time. it's undoable. we're talking about having the issue to go in when there's a known issue and taking control at that point. a passenger or pilot has taken control of the airplane to intention...

This march toward passengers planes that are automated will be very slow. >> thank you very much. robert you think this technology might work and could be effective in preventing another tragedy like the one we saw. that would mean in these 8 to 10 minutes, pilot not responding someone from the ground would have been able to take that plane over pull it up and avert the disaster? >> that's exactly right. it has descended without getting clearance from atc to do that. at that point when they weren't in contact with pilot that's the point they would say we're going stop this disescent and put it...