Should it be on the cards that because of Andreas Lubitz's action any history of depression will be debarring, now is the time to assess in detail what
the rule makers propose.
The blackdog has lurked round so many men and women in so many fields
that the evidence has to be there to counter arbitrary claims that there is a risk to air safety. To make such claims as justification for sanctions or suspensions amounts to the premature wielding of a very big stick.