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Officials say co-pilot in Germanwings crash trained in Goodyear, Ariz. - @abc15

Huh?

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.

Officials say co-pilot in Germanwings crash trained in Goodyear, Ariz. - @abc15

That is where Lufthansa has their flight academy.