Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
Very scary. I hope they install a small washroom in the cockpit!

By now we know that Andreas Lubitz had been treated for depression, and had torn up many "sick day" notes from his doctor so he could fly. Did he really think he would be fired if he took those days?

Not sure how much of this can be blamed on the "stigma" that mental illness carries and/or the possibly intense fear that Lubitz felt about being honest about his health. And the ire of many folks might rightly be raised when I state that Lubitz was also a victim of a very different kind.

It is all too, too - beyond words.
There are some medical conditions which should be an immediate bar to performing certain jobs and activities. Someone dealing with depression SHOULD NOT be in charge of the lives of hundreds of others. Just because someone wants to do something doesn't mean that they should be able to do it. There are qualifiers for everything, and those qualifiers should be more strenuous when dealing with the safety of others.

Reality isn't the warm fuzzy we wish it was.