There is a substance which induces an hypnotic state during which a person can be induced to carry out instructions of which he later has no recall. I’ve lost the link. Will let you know if I find it again.
Hmm, I remember something about that, IIRC made from the belladonna plant. I’ll take a look: - I think it’s scopolamine maybe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna
Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, and some parts of Canada and the United States. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include scopolamine and hyoscyamine, which cause a bizarre delirium and hallucinations,[1] and are also used as pharmaceutical anticholinergics. The drug atropine is derived from the plant.
scopolamine - yes, I think that was it. Someone on FR posted a link to the hypnotic effects.
Another article:
He was facing a potential medical examination that could have seen his pilot’s licence removed and it is thought he may have feared mental or other health problems would bring an end to his dream.
Former BA pilot Alastair Rosenschein said pilots of Lubitz’s age face regular medicals as well as simulator tests and can be grounded if they fail to pass. He told MailOnline: ‘He may have known that his career was already over. He may have known that the end was in sight.’
Mr Rosenschein said that, in Britain, pilots under 40 face annual or bi-annual medicals and, as well as testing physical health, doctors often ask questions to assess pilots’ mental health.
He added: ‘However, it’s difficult to see how a doctor could foresee something like this. There are no rules that someone who is having marital or financial difficulties cannot fly, I think the best way these things are identified if another pilot comes in an effectively “shops” another, but pilot’s aren’t very good at doing that.’
Other possible explanations for Lubitz’s actions are that he may have stopped taking his medication so it would not be detected in any medical tests or slipped into desperation during a crisis in his relationship.
The investigation was yesterday focused on Lubitz’s medical history and mysterious personal life, which police believe hold the key to why a man given the trust of an airline and its passengers could effectively murder them.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3013743/Germanwings-pilot-slipped-safety-net-devastating-consequences.html#ixzz3Vcw4NDi8
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His mysterious personal life just might have something to do with the male friend with whom he spent a recent vacation, in the US, I think it was. My gaydar went off.
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