Originally Posted by
A320ECAM
I cannot believe that the AVH would give the father of Lubitz time considering what Lubitz did?
The moment the plane lost RT, the French should have sent up two F-16s to check what was going on in the flight deck. Had they seen Lubitz alive and conscious, then that would shut Lubitz' ignorant and unapologetic father up once and for all!
I agree with point 1 - AvH is losing the plot by allowing the father time and space to voice his doubts as to the heinous and criminal act his son carried out.
The second point is unnecessary - after all, the data from the FDR is very clear what happened. The son didn't just 'play with the selected altitude' and become unconscious, he was adjusting the target speed as the aircraft descended. Had the father's claims held any truth, the son could have returned the target altitude back to a safe level, rather than
repeatedly turning the target speed ever higher.
As the last movement of the speed control knob happened more than 4 minutes after the altitude was selected to 100 feet, it was clear that Lubitz knew what he was doing, the father should shut up and think of the families of the victims......