Airbus A320 crashed in Southern France
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His actions seem very narcistic. He did not care about others at all. He choose the best opportunity to take as much people with him as he possibly ever could.
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But Robert Brown was convicted of manslaughter for insanity...the judge gave him max sentence of 27 years, he appealed, yet was sane to fly? He had planned to down the jet next! Not one bit of sincere remource shown to this day
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From an article on WSJ-online (Wall Street Journal):
Just my simple minded opinion but I would think changes need to be made here. Having said that considering a post I read quite awhile back that indicated that the German Pilot's Union considered ACARS data transmission to be a breach of privacy and that therefore LH ACARS data is one, rudimentary, two encrypted, and three can only be read upon approval by the Works Council this will not happen anytime soon with regard to German pilots. Personally, I am in agreement with the 'need to know' principle and as a PAX I would think airline management has a 'need to know' if any pilot has serious mental health issues.
The person familiar with the case said Mr. Lubitz was undergoing treatment for depression elsewhere in the Rhineland area of western Germany.
Under German law, a doctor isn't required to inform the patient’s employer about any illness, nor should the note excusing him or her from work include any information about the patient’s condition.
Hans-Peter Hartung, the head of University Hospital’s department of neurology, said that while doctors in Germany weren't required by law to inform the police or a patient’s employer if the condition seemed like it could pose risks for others, they had discretion to do so.
“We are entitled under the balance of risks, and if there are looming problems, to breach medical confidentiality” by contacting the police or a patient’s employer, Mr. Hartung said.
Jochen Lamp, spokesman for the German association of psychiatrists, said only very unusual circumstances would prompt a psychiatrist to breach medical confidentiality as legal consequences of such a move can be severe.
Under German law, a doctor isn't required to inform the patient’s employer about any illness, nor should the note excusing him or her from work include any information about the patient’s condition.
Hans-Peter Hartung, the head of University Hospital’s department of neurology, said that while doctors in Germany weren't required by law to inform the police or a patient’s employer if the condition seemed like it could pose risks for others, they had discretion to do so.
“We are entitled under the balance of risks, and if there are looming problems, to breach medical confidentiality” by contacting the police or a patient’s employer, Mr. Hartung said.
Jochen Lamp, spokesman for the German association of psychiatrists, said only very unusual circumstances would prompt a psychiatrist to breach medical confidentiality as legal consequences of such a move can be severe.
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opportunity knocked in the call of nature
Maybe it was when the captain went to the loo he had the chance... if it had been over a town at the time then that would have been the impact.
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Double Bogey, thank you for your kind words. Yes, I do agree that maybe the illness may not ever go away? It depends how bad and for how long the illness has been present. Some anxieties and depressions are indeed temporary. I was just trying to convey my personal experience of the 'system' as a resounding positive one. What I thought in my mind about my career prospects initially were not founded. I had so much support from so many different sources. It was just In my case that the situation was worse than first thought. Very tragic situation for the families, passengers and crew of this flight.
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he sudden mood change, the short answers, the becoming quiet and turning inward, just what I could see many years ago.
Double Bogey, I know many professional pilots from a private background , they tell me what they don't tell at work and there are some which have been treated for mental ahem let's say some medical issues, they took time off for other let's say reasons, and came back healthy and they are much better than before.
Wouldn't it be better to avoid fear about the termination of one's career which might be one of the underlying issues here.
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If crews are reluctant to have cameras, why not a c heap and easy interim measure that would help with one other modification.
Put an inward looking spy hole in the door, so CC etc can see all is well.
I realise this doesn't help in this accident, so the other mod is a cabin mic that can be turned on and record to a separate track on cvr with any serious comments/concerns.
Under normal circumstances the items should be raised in a post flight report, if not they are deemed irrelevant, however in circumstances like this they could be valuable evidence.
Put an inward looking spy hole in the door, so CC etc can see all is well.
I realise this doesn't help in this accident, so the other mod is a cabin mic that can be turned on and record to a separate track on cvr with any serious comments/concerns.
Under normal circumstances the items should be raised in a post flight report, if not they are deemed irrelevant, however in circumstances like this they could be valuable evidence.
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For all that suggest having a CC member on the Flt Deck is nonsense or otherwise unnecessary - would you have thought the same had you been the Captain on this flight? Does that matter?
Others have quoted 9/11, other suicides / scenarios and the risks this policy brings in. It's not even certain the policy would have stopped this, just altered the exact modus operandi.
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f so, strange that he allegedly flew the plane into a sparsely populated mountain rather than into one of the many huge towns in southern France.
There was a very sad picture of a very pretty young mum carrying her 4-5 month old baby in her arms back en route to her husband. They have both been torn from his life by the actions of this Lunatic evil person.
So many people here are defending him his state of mind almost as they feel sorry for this monster. No one discusses the mental state of the father and husband of that girl and child. How does he feel today with his whole future gone because of this guy! Frankly I wish he had waited till they landed and thrown himself under a train if he was so depressed.
How considerate of him that he chose a stark mountain side rather than picking somewhere like Nice and stuffing it into the City he could have
taken out another 150 people in the process maybe we should give him an award ??
Apparently his last flight was into Heathrow on the westerly runway! how considerate he was not to choose that flight and put it into central London
Some of the postings here are quite sickening! why not discuss the mental state of the father and husband of that wife and child he murdered? Not one word have i seen written about the mental state of this monsters victims only defence and understanding of a monster
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Not really. That was part of his statemen
unless he pushed the Pilot out of the cockpit at a certain planned time, he did not know when he would be able to start the descend, so any intention to hit a certain point is unlikely.
unless he pushed the Pilot out of the cockpit at a certain planned time, he did not know when he would be able to start the descend, so any intention to hit a certain point is unlikely.
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"mercurydancer:
No. SSRIs do not cause suicidal ideation except in one notorious drug which is no longer available. Seroxat was quite dangerous and many had severe effects from it. Not possible that this pilot was on Seroxat."
Wrong! mercurydancer must be a drug company lobbyist. Prozac especially is known for causing certain people to become simultaneously homicidal and suicidal. Picturing in their mind killing "random, faceless people"(I actually overheard a patient of my Dad's say those very words to my Dad, back in the '90's, when he told him why he wanted to stop taking Prozac. Prozac and drugs like it, have helped millions of people, but, the problem is, there not a way to tell who that "certain" otherwise normal person is, that it will affect in the homicidal and suicidal way. I do know it shouldn't be given to paranoid schizophrenics, but it's given to them all the time. Like I mentioned before, my father has over 60 years dispensing psychotropic drugs from back when the only choices were Thorazine or Whiskey. Of course, maybe Lubitz was just trying to quit smoking on Chantix, but it doesn't seem that someone running foot races would be a smoker in this day and age, even in Europe.
No. SSRIs do not cause suicidal ideation except in one notorious drug which is no longer available. Seroxat was quite dangerous and many had severe effects from it. Not possible that this pilot was on Seroxat."
Wrong! mercurydancer must be a drug company lobbyist. Prozac especially is known for causing certain people to become simultaneously homicidal and suicidal. Picturing in their mind killing "random, faceless people"(I actually overheard a patient of my Dad's say those very words to my Dad, back in the '90's, when he told him why he wanted to stop taking Prozac. Prozac and drugs like it, have helped millions of people, but, the problem is, there not a way to tell who that "certain" otherwise normal person is, that it will affect in the homicidal and suicidal way. I do know it shouldn't be given to paranoid schizophrenics, but it's given to them all the time. Like I mentioned before, my father has over 60 years dispensing psychotropic drugs from back when the only choices were Thorazine or Whiskey. Of course, maybe Lubitz was just trying to quit smoking on Chantix, but it doesn't seem that someone running foot races would be a smoker in this day and age, even in Europe.
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On the other side of the coin and in the name of full security as demanded here by numerous SLF, why don't we lock the passengers in their seats for the duration of the flight and give them portable potties . Full protection from kooks and eliminates the need for the door . Might be good for them to provide a full psych profile , medical cert prior to boarding .
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There was a very sad picture of a very pretty young mum carrying her 4-5 month old baby in her arms back en route to her husband. They have both been torn from his life by the actions of this Lunatic evil person.
So many people here are defending him his state of mind almost as they feel sorry for this monster. No one discusses the mental state of the father and husband of that girl and child. How does he feel today with his whole future gone because of this guy! Frankly I wish he had waited till they landed and thrown himself under a train if he was so depressed.
How considerate of him that he chose a stark mountain side rather than picking somewhere like Nice and stuffing it into the City he could hav etaken out another 150 people in the process
Apparently his last flight was into Heathrow on the westerly runway! how considerate he was not to choose that flight and put it into central London
Some of the postings here are quite sickening! why not discuss the mental state of the father and husband of that wife and child child he murdered
There was a very sad picture of a very pretty young mum carrying her 4-5 month old baby in her arms back en route to her husband. They have both been torn from his life by the actions of this Lunatic evil person.
So many people here are defending him his state of mind almost as they feel sorry for this monster. No one discusses the mental state of the father and husband of that girl and child. How does he feel today with his whole future gone because of this guy! Frankly I wish he had waited till they landed and thrown himself under a train if he was so depressed.
How considerate of him that he chose a stark mountain side rather than picking somewhere like Nice and stuffing it into the City he could hav etaken out another 150 people in the process
Apparently his last flight was into Heathrow on the westerly runway! how considerate he was not to choose that flight and put it into central London
Some of the postings here are quite sickening! why not discuss the mental state of the father and husband of that wife and child child he murdered
Obviously everyone feels for the families involved, but if the FO was depressed, thats very different to a rational person deciding to crash a plane.
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Just my simple minded opinion but I would think changes need to be made here. Having said that considering a post I read quite awhile back that indicated that the German Pilot's Union considered ACARS data transmission to be a breach of privacy and that therefore LH ACARS data is one, rudimentary, two encrypted, and three can only be read upon approval by the Works Council this will not happen anytime soon with regard to German pilots. Personally, I am in agreement with the 'need to know' principle and as a PAX I would think airline management has a 'need to know' if any pilot has serious mental health issues.
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Re: Treatment for mental illness
Just this from a native speaker: The Düsseldorf hospital has specifically denied that the co-pilot "has been treated for depressionin in our facility".
This is what us journalists call an "overly specific denial". It is not a confirmation that he has not been in treatment for depression or that he suffered from a physical condition. The hospital is just saying they didn't treat him for depression.
This is what us journalists call an "overly specific denial". It is not a confirmation that he has not been in treatment for depression or that he suffered from a physical condition. The hospital is just saying they didn't treat him for depression.
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Obviously everyone feels for the families involved, but if the FO was depressed, thats very different to a rational person deciding to crash a plane.
The only difference with the madman, is there may well be secondary culpability. If the madman was supposed to be locked up, and some ass of a do-gooder let him out, then a large part of the blame resides with the supposedly sane person who made the insane decision. And that is why a thorough investigation is necessary here. If there is secondary culpability we need to root it out and expose it - especially if evil has been committed in the name of being nice.
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That is a really encouraging to hear.
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fyrefli, SSRI's and other antidepressants do not cause suicidal thoughts/tendencies. But in people with suicidal tendencies, they can increase risk of suicide.
If sucidal thoughts are associated with depression, the lack of motivation caused by depression will prevent that person to commit a suicide. During the initial phase of threatment, Antidepressants will give that person the motivation and energy he needs, with depression and suicidal thoughs still there... Becouse of that, it's recommended for patients with suicidal thoughts to be monitored closely during the first month on antidepressants.
just wanted to clarify this
If sucidal thoughts are associated with depression, the lack of motivation caused by depression will prevent that person to commit a suicide. During the initial phase of threatment, Antidepressants will give that person the motivation and energy he needs, with depression and suicidal thoughs still there... Becouse of that, it's recommended for patients with suicidal thoughts to be monitored closely during the first month on antidepressants.
just wanted to clarify this
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Wall Street journal reporting that the doctor who signed him off is a neuropsychologist. Note, not a neurologist. A neuropsychologist. And BTW while the Dusseldorf Univ. hospital has said he was not treated being treated for depression there, only for a diagnostic evaluation, but that is NOT the same as saying he is not being treated for depression ANYWHERE ELSE. That we do not know, but IF it is a neuropsychologist treating him, you may well draw a conclusion from that. Also, despite a couple of reports on this thread, they have NOT said he was being treated for a PHYSICAL illness -they have only said, as I repeat, he was not being treated for depression there. They have made NO COMMENT on the nature of his illness for which they have diagnostically evaluated him. These differences need to be noted and understood.
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I'm with Pace all the way on this one - thought for the victims must surely be at the top of the agenda, rather than sympathy for this man. (However depressed he was).
I was reading up about some of the aircraft passengers earlier, the one Pace mentioned, the two young opera singers, the newly married couple - and obviously, the 14 teenage girls and 2 teenage boys on the exchange visit, plus numerous others. Possibly the worst, was the teenager who had forgotten her passport, but somebody got it to her in time ....
I find myself constantly thinking about this awful event, and how completely needless it was, so sorry if my sympathies are not with this man.
One other repercussion of this, is that I believe the CAA were on the brink of relaxing slightly the rules regarding getting back/holding, a medical if someone had previously been diagnosed and treated for depression in the past. Can't believe that that will happen any time now.
Yes, I think I have a reasonable insight into depression, after witnessing the suicide attempt of my best friend years ago. (And no, she didn't display any outward signs either - it all came out after - but she didn't attempt to take another 150 people with her.....
I was reading up about some of the aircraft passengers earlier, the one Pace mentioned, the two young opera singers, the newly married couple - and obviously, the 14 teenage girls and 2 teenage boys on the exchange visit, plus numerous others. Possibly the worst, was the teenager who had forgotten her passport, but somebody got it to her in time ....
I find myself constantly thinking about this awful event, and how completely needless it was, so sorry if my sympathies are not with this man.
One other repercussion of this, is that I believe the CAA were on the brink of relaxing slightly the rules regarding getting back/holding, a medical if someone had previously been diagnosed and treated for depression in the past. Can't believe that that will happen any time now.
Yes, I think I have a reasonable insight into depression, after witnessing the suicide attempt of my best friend years ago. (And no, she didn't display any outward signs either - it all came out after - but she didn't attempt to take another 150 people with her.....