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Crew, and the plane. that's what i do as a pilot. >> reporter: is that why this incident has so disturbed the people in your profession? >> it's unthinkable that a pilot would take an airplane and drive it into the ground. it's not something we would ever think about. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, las vegas. >> joining me again, cnn aviation correspondent richard quest and with us, ron stock and airbus a320 captain. ron, it's interesting to see that pilot in the simulator couldn't even bring himself that close to simulate crashing an aircraft. just against every instinct pilots have. >> even in...

Simulator in a scenario we've asked him to do for the purposes of this story, this pilot cannot stand it. does it exceed pilot instinct? is it human instinct to pull up the stick at that point? >> yes, i'm thinking about the safety of my passengers my crew and the plane. that's what i do as a pilot. >> reporter: is that why this incident has so disturbed the people in your profession? >> it's unthinkable that a pilot would take an airplane and drive it into the ground. it's not something we would ever think about. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, las vegas. >> joining me again, cnn aviation corres...

>> absolutely. that should record control surface, control input. control surface movement. numerous parameters. yes, i would say that that would be, that data would be there. >> and, you know, again, there's a lot we don't know about this co-pilot, exactly what the illness he was facing is, that he was trying to hide. if a pilot is intent on hiding something, on hiding thoughts they're having or hiding an illness, if they don't self-disclose, if they're not getting treatment, if they don't want their employer the know, there's no guarantee that i suppose something like this couldn't happen ag...

Want their employer the know there's no guarantee that i suppose something like this couldn't happen again. there's no structure in place, at least in lufthansa that unless they self-report, that it's going to be discovered. >> i think this situation is so remote. i have known numerous pilots over 30 plus years that have relinquished their medical certificate for medical reasons. we take our medical certificate or medical license very very seriously. every time we fill out the form 8500 the faa form to get a medical, you have to self-disclose 20 some items on there. mental as well as physical....

Things will be possible. what we want to do -- last time we showed you a demonstration of what it would be like to land on water without power. in other words the engines quit because they ran out of future. but mitchell casado brought up a good point that you were the pilot you wouldn't wait until you were out of fuel. >> no way. >> that way you have a second chance. take us down and get us really close. we will make this approach and show you what a water landing can look like. we will warn you we will not go in to the water. simulator couldn't possibly take that. but we will bring you in an...