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Must be his glider background.


“....Mr Robin said he had no known links with terrorism, adding: ‘There is no reason to suspect a terrorist attack.’

And asked whether he believed the crash that killed 150 people was the result of suicide, he said: ‘People who commit suicide usually do so alone... I don’t call it a suicide.’

Lubitz had just 600 hours of flying experience after joining Germanwings in 2013 straight from training.

He was, however, highly regarded, having won an award from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2013 for his outstanding flying skills.

A member of the LSC Westerwald flying club in Montabaur, he had a flat in Dusseldorf but also lived in Montabaur where he was raised, a town about 40 miles south east of Bonn.

His Facebook account lists his interests as aviation and music, including French DJ David Guetta.

In Montabaur, acquaintances today said Lubitz showed no signs of depression when they saw him last autumn as he renewed his glider pilot’s license.

‘He was happy he had the job with Germanwings and he was doing well,’ said a member of the glider club, Peter Ruecker, who watched Lubitz learn to fly. ‘He gave off a good feeling.’

Lubitz had obtained his glider pilot’s license as a teenager and was accepted as a Lufthansa pilot trainee after finishing a tough German college preparatory school, Ruecker said.

He described Lubitz as a ‘rather quiet’ but friendly young man.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3012053/Andreas-Lubitz-Germanwings-flight-9525-French-alps-crash-French-alps-Germanwings-plane-crash-Airbus-A320-Barcelonnette.html#ixzz3VV2xjTzV
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116 posted on 03/26/2015 6:52:07 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Independent:

Andreas Lubitz interrupted his training six years ago, we learn. But Spohr says that in any case where training is interrupted, the novice is tested upon their return before they are allowed to continue.

Lubitz went straight into work following his training with Germanwings in September 2013.


119 posted on 03/26/2015 6:56:08 AM PDT by maggief
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Three cities come up in the history of this co-pilot so far:


129 posted on 03/26/2015 7:09:17 AM PDT by wtd
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Something’s not making sense.

Based on available reporting, this was no doubt a deliberate act, no accident or sudden-death possible.

The PTB are quick to deny terror or suicide (as per SOP).

The perp is being portrayed as “just a nice quiet guy”, but photo and social media evidence is conflicting.

The official story is seeming to be a stall. Two days have passed, the release of data was delayed, possibly a French fighter jet obseved the plane - all sorts of disconnects...


142 posted on 03/26/2015 7:26:07 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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