Flight school in Phoenix: Lubitz “not suitable for flying”.

[jakeXT]

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On Thursday, Lufthansa’s chief executive, Carsten Spohr, revealed that Lubitz had interrupted his training in 2009, but refused to say why. He would only say that Lubitz was eventually cleared to return to work, after passing fitness and psychological tests.

On Friday however, the German newspaper Bild said that the Lufthansa flight school in Phoenix, Arizona had designated Lubitz at the time as “not suitable for flying”.

The newspaper said he spent a year-and-a-half receiving psychiatric treatment. Several times he was forced to repeat his flying classes because of depression, before he successfully finished his training. In 2009 he was diagnosed with a “severe depressive episode”, Bild reported.

He was given “special regular medical examination” by a doctor as well as the coding “SIC”. This coding also appeared on his pilot’s licence.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/27/germanwings-co-pilot-andreas-lubitzs-background-under-scrutiny

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/27/germanwings-crash-details-emerge-of-the-co-pilot-who-crashed-his-plane-live-updates

[regnaD kciN]

1. If this proves true, goodbye Lufthansa...

[DeSwiss]

2. His autopsy should prove enlightening.

- And it makes one wonder how many others are out there somewhere, still flying.....

[jakeXT]

3. Maybe Clapper knows

Recently, a man named Abdifatah Ahmed traveled to Syria to join ISIL. He is a former Minneapolis aircraft cleaner and refueler – with about 10 years working behind the scenes in airport operations. So we find it frightening to imagine how terrorist groups could take advantage of expertise people like him could bring to the group.

And the thought of malicious insiders now working in the industry is even scarier. These are potential lone-wolf terrorists who have, not only knowledge about how to conduct an attack, but also access to planes, aviation systems, and airport secured areas.

We’re also concerned with advances with, and globalization of, technology. Aviation IT systems are as vulnerable to cyber theft and attack as any others.

http://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/speeches-and-interviews/202-speeches-interviews-2014/1127-remarks-as-delivered-by-the-honorable-james-r-clapper-director-of-national-intelligence

[cwydro]

4. I'll be surprised

if there's enough left of him to autopsy.

[dorkzilla]

6. +1...they said the whole plane disintegrated on impact

I would expect there are scant remains left.

[DeSwiss]

7. They're recovering remains now:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/mar/26/germanwings-plane-crash-investigation-press-conference-live-updates-4u9525#block-55143be1e4b01b6ac4ce40e3

[cwydro]

8. "no body part bigger than a briefcase"

Those poor people.

[Mopar151]

5. There are literally people standing in line to fly for a living

So why did this guy not wash out of flight school? He's connected somehow - a little like Dubya and "Hotstart" McCain

[Vinca]

9. I'm so glad I don't enjoy traveling.

It used to take 2 drinks to get me on a plane. I'm afraid I'd have to be falling down drunk at this point.