"We will do everything possible to stall and deny the obvious negligence in which we allowed a known psych case to fly a commercial passenger jet"

'faithful to the orginal' as we say in the trade.

Sadly,

The guy was too ill to be a pilot, and the airline didn't notice.


rockivity

the mental illness hypothesis and to discuss it here, I was pilloried by the 'mental health' lobby.

it was Lufthansa's not noticing that he was too mentally ill to be a pilot that caused the crash.


rocktivity

Which is precisely why I dared to argue for better monitoring and reporting requirements.

Oh là là. Quel panier de crabes...
(What a snakepit...)

Equating mental illness with violence,

Stigmatizing all mental sufferers as murderers,

Advocating forced universal health monitoring--

Just a sample of the allegations directed at me.

Ouuuf !

they did, after many damaging assumptions and charges about a mentally ill person concealing their illness and who was at fault for not informing the airline including his flight attendant girlfriend, his family and the doctors who treated him. The airline obtained 2009 medical records Re his depression treatment including email correspondence with his doctors.

An aviation analyst and journalist who appeared on CNN last night, Miles O'Brien said that Germanwings is a low cost, regulation reduced subsidiary that not only doesn't pay pilots much but it keeps them on so they can pay back instruction costs that they owe Luftansa for training.

A medical examiner with the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) stated that many pilots and drivers don't disclose on company forms their DUIs, medications or domestic abuse allegations. Yet some pilots now being treated for depression with certain approved medications are being trained with the assistance of airlines according to another industry rep.

once the court cases start. I see a very expensive 'class action' on the horizon.

'Initially Luftansa claimed that it had no knowledge of his medical condition.'

They will be chastened for this egregious deceit.

And even if he did, what else would he have said other than "The investigation is ongoing and we are fully cooperating with the BEA?"

if he didn't intend to talk to the press?

Empty corporate damage-control, PR posing.

just to deliver prepared statements without taking questions, right?

Yeah, it's just PR/crisis communications, but it's being handled a million times better than Malaysia or some other airlines in the past...

Damn, you'd hope they wouldn't make a complete dog's dinner of it.

Their whole corporate image is built on their reputation for 'safety first'.

'Best in the world', as the same CEO announced on the day of the crash...

After the facts were made available... What is he talking about? Or does he mean it in a philosophical/existential way, why some people kill themselves, what is the meaning of all this, and so on?... Odd statement.

before we have to admit before a court, that we screwed up and are liable for the wrongful deaths of 149 people.

See this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141055649#post1