Germanwings crash

[SJN-Fox]

You're absolutely right. However, that's not the case for all sufferers.

 

[spionfox]

You're absolutely right. However, that's not the case for all sufferers.

Accepted, and if I gave the impression I believed it was then that wasn't my intention.

 

[OldGit]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alastair-campbell/andreas-lubitz-would-we-be-blaming-cancer_b_6961386.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

 

[RHYDAL]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ala...e-blaming-cancer_b_6961386.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

If he was an asthmatic who was suddenly - his co-pilot having taken a break or gone to the lavatory - overcome by an uncontrollable asthma attack which had him writhing on the ground, would we have called him a madman or an asthmatic?

If that had happened, the pilot would have been able to get back in the cabin, and the plane wouldn't have been put into a dive.

Possibly one of the worst thought out pieces of journalism ever.

 

[OldGit]

If that had happened, the pilot would have been able to get back in the cabin, and the plane wouldn't have been put into a dive.

Possibly one of the worst thought out pieces of journalism ever.

Sorry, I don't understand how that works. You seem to be saying that if someone refuses to open the door you are locked out, but if they are incapable of opening the door somehow it will magically open?

The issue is that many airlines seem to understand that all sorts of scenarios can lead to the door being closed against the person who needs to get in - they operate a policy of always having at least 2 people on the flight deck. This airline did not. They are no doubt happy for everyone to be distracted by the issue of whatever condition the guy may or may not have had.

 

[spionfox]

Sorry, I don't understand how that works. You seem to be saying that if someone refuses to open the door you are locked out, but if they are incapable of opening the door somehow it will magically open?

Isn't there apparently a 'code' entry system that in this case had been deliberately over-ridden by the co-pilot?

 

[RHYDAL]

Sorry, I don't understand how that works. You seem to be saying that if someone refuses to open the door you are locked out, but if they are incapable of opening the door somehow it will magically open?

The issue is that many airlines seem to understand that all sorts of scenarios can lead to the door being closed against the person who needs to get in - they operate a policy of always having at least 2 people on the flight deck. This airline did not. They are no doubt happy for everyone to be distracted by the issue of whatever condition the guy may or may not have had.

No, you don't understand.

Here's a short video which will help....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32073318

 

[RHYDAL]

So how can you tell from looking at someone that they are suffering from depression?

Going back to this point....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32114547

At the risk of causing offence to the skittish, perhaps the white headband with the red dot on it should have been a clue.