[virgil]

I heard on the radio this am that Lubitz was deemed unfit to be a pilot by his trainers at the Luftansa flight school in Arizona because of his psychological issues. Did anybody else hear this?

[CaptainK]

Yesterday I head the flight school wasn't giving out any information. However I think I heard that he didn't finish the course with them. If true, that could be significant.

[Thank You Rush]

“”I heard on the radio this am that Lubitz was deemed unfit to be a pilot by his trainers at the Luftansa flight school in Arizona because of his psychological issues. Did anybody else hear this?””

I hadn’t heard that amid all the other reports from today. Someone would have had to sign him off for his check ride with the FAA - that’s assuming he took a check ride in this country and didn’t go back to Germany to take it so it’s doubtful that is true.

Don’t forget it was one of the flight instructors in MN who reported the suspicious behavior of Moussaoui, the convicted 20th terrorist/hijacker of 9/11/01.. He was taken into FBI custody before the attack on the WTC but not a lot of time before it was pulled off.

Flight instructors have too much at stake to continue training someone they are suspicious of - not only suspect because of behavior but also mental problems.