German Wings A320 crashed

Nah, they'll just require a mental health medical, in addition to the regular medical, every six months. That way, guess who gets to pay for it?

I think they'll put it in the AME and the cost of a 1st class will go to $500+.


It'll never happen. HIPAA. And we aren't going to be required any kind of yearly pshyc eval either. This to shall pass.

This event has a body count 3x that of 3407. Something will happen. A HIPPA waiver can be just like our NDR.
 
My thread contribution.


Hey Andreas Lubitz,

Thanks for making every non-homicidal airline pilot's lives a living hell, to be filled with scrutiny, irrational fears from the public, and potential knee jerk reaction policy change. The next several months in the airline industry are sure to be fun. Good looking out buddy!

X


(That's all, go back to what you were doing)
 
I'm just so so so so very grateful that this was not done by an American, on a U.S. flag carrier or on American soil. I think the media circus would be even worse if it had been.
 
My thread contribution.


Hey Andreas Lubitz,

Thanks for making every non-homicidal airline pilot's lives a living hell, to be filled with scrutiny, irrational fears from the public, and potential knee jerk reaction policy change. The next several months in the airline industry are sure to be fun. Good looking out buddy!

X


(That's all, go back to what you were doing)

With just 600 hrs total and 100 hrs into his first airline job, I don't think he had a clue about what this profession means, the lives the passengers entrust us, and the fact that it's 150 people on this A320 aircraft.
 
With just 600 hrs total and 100 hrs into his first airline job, I don't think he had a clue about what this profession means, the lives the passengers entrust us, and the fact that it's 150 people on this A320 aircraft.
Erm, well, I would fundamentally disagree with the (much bandied-about) hours assertion.

Some people get this right away, some people take a while to catch on, and some people will never understand it.
 
I've read tons crap-filled articles about this already. They all seem to mention depression being the reason and call for the increased mental screening of pilots. One mentioned that he disclosed to doctors he was depressed and "was afraid he was going to lose his medical license" thus ending his airline career. Depression is very common and apart of many lives, not everyone wants to commit a mass killing. Many pilots with depression will never seek help or counseling from the potential to be banned from flying. Dayum shame the viral media blows up on pilots posting pictures of their house, address, family members, training records, names of their goldfish...
 
You're grasping at straws. We already have a system in place to mitigate this. We aren't allowed to be alone up there. They were.

The crash is secondary to whatever was his trigger. He had a disqualifying condition that was kept from his employer and whatever German agency issued his medical.
 
The scientific mind in me HAS to say this. It's not because I disagree, but.....

"You can tell, CRM worked." No, you can't. There is nothing in that graph that shows CRM has worked.

I'm not saying CRM hasn't worked, because we know it has, but there is nothing at all in the image posted that can lead to that conclusion with the data given. Science, it works, but only if you use it correctly, and statistics is a bitch.
I see a pretty distinct statistical difference between the vast majority of pre-CRM and post-CRM era airliners on the graph. I'd be hard pressed to find another large industry change that occurred, say, between what surely is the majority of the 737-100/200 statistics vs. the 737-300/400/500 and the 737NG especially. But I see where you're coming from, as all there is no definitive statistic.
 
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