Posted on 03/26/2015 8:26:47 AM PDT by RummyChick
The co-pilot of the Germanwings passenger jet which crashed into the Alps at 400-miles-per-hour on Tuesday had to stop his pilot training in 2008 because he was depressed and suffering 'burnout'.
Andreas Guenter Lubitz paused his training with German flag-carrier Lufthansa because he was under so much pressure.
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I hope more will come out about the Pilot who frantically tried to stop the murderer.
Until all the facts are in I bet it was a computer problem.
In retrospect perhaps it was not a good idea to let a man with a history of severe depression be an airline pilot.
Burned out at 21? (He was 28 at the time of the crash.) How many 21 year olds self-diagnose “burnout”?
eeeesh
...or workplace violence.
will Web sites now have a Pilot Nut rating with the cost of your flight
A colleague, identified as “Dieter,” told Europe1 that Sonderheimer was a trusted pilot, saying:
He was someone very reliable, he was one of the best pilots we had. I am 100 percent sure they did the best they could. That’s what I think because I knew him very well, he was one of the best, he had a lot of experience, he had more than 6,000 flight hours behind him.
That kept the cockpit door locked?
Agreed.
Couldn't you also say "In retrospect, perhaps it was not a good idea to let a man with a history of severe drug dependency become President of the United States."?
Depression can make people do weird things (such as flying airplanes into mountains), and it is a difficult problem to treat effectively.
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For most people it’s very easy to treat. Cognitive therapy works very well and requires no drugs.
Winn said U.S. air safety regulations are generally followed worldwide because of airline alliances and the airlines’ desire to have regulatory harmony across borders.
The Germanwings flight would appear to have violated the safety protocols in place at Lufthansa, which is Germanwings’ parent company. In addition, the pilot’s need for a bathroom trip on a short flight is in itself unusual, Winn said, noting that pilots “are normally pre-prepared themselves for not having to go to the lavatory on a short trip.”
Did he have a Gay lover ?
“”Until all the facts are in I bet it was a computer problem.””
Entirely possible the door lock mechanism was as affected by malfunction in computers as the plane itself could be. I’m not saying that was the case with the PLANE in this incident but a possibility with any A 320....
Was he still depressed recently? Was he taking any antidepressant meds?
Someone has posted some evidence of that on Twitter. Unfortunately, the facebook page of the guy has been taken down.
Not likely. If that was the issue you would have heard comments from the co pilot.
He would have had to be unconscious.
Also, there are pilot type of things that indicate this was a deliberate act.
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