Germanwings Flight Carrying at Least 148 Crashes in Southern France

[Liep]

BTW, does Germanwings sound better in German than it does in English?

At the press conference they pronounced it in a very American accent, it seemed so out of placed.

[DGuller]

Deutschenflapflapflappenneren?

[Monoriu]

According to documents found during the search of the co-pilot's home, he was in medical treatment, though so far there's no info what he suffered from. There were several doctor's notes for medical leave, some of them torn up, including for the day of the incident. He hadn't told his employer about this medical condition/leave.

He was in psychiatric care and would have lost his flight license if he had told Germanwings.

Taking away his licence would be the right thing to do, but then this creates a disincentive for him to tell anyone. 

[Berkut]

There were two pilots in the cockpit of that EgyptAir flight apparently.

Yeah, if someone is dedicated to taking the plane down, it is not going to be easy to stop a pilot.

But the emotional/mental thing could be influenced by the presence of someone in the cockpit, and at least give them a chance to stop it.

But overall, if a pilot decides he wants to take everyone with them, the odds are pretty bad.

[grumbler]

Deutschenflapflapflappenneren?

[Admiral Yi]

So the headshrinker that gave him the stay home from school notes is American.  Don't know if that makes any difference.

[Martinus]

So the headshrinker that gave him the stay home from school notes is American.  Don't know if that makes any difference.

Gee, thanks Obama.

[Razgovory]

Is there a "second amendment solution" to this problem?

[Valmy]

Is there a "second amendment solution" to this problem?

If only the pilot had a gun he could have just shot himself.

[Duque de Bragança]

BTW, does Germanwings sound better in German than it does in English?

Sounds very good in Denglisch.

[Grinning_Colossus]

Is there a "second amendment solution" to this problem?

Allow airlines to install remotely-operated gun turrets in cockpits.



Seriously though, between this and MH370, maybe it's time to engineer the pilot out of the picture.

[Berkut]

Really?  The 0.00001% chance that the pilot is going to kill everyone is the reason we should engineer them out of the picture?

[Grinning_Colossus]

If there's only a  0.000009% chance that the autopilot will kill everyone, then sure.

[Barrister]

Self-flying planes may actually be a thing of the future.  Airplanes can mostly fly themselves already.

[Berkut]

Self-flying planes may actually be a thing of the future.  Airplanes can mostly fly themselves already.

I kind of doubt it, actually. I think we will see more and more automation, of course, but it is going to be a long time before a auto pilot can handle the emergencies as well as a well trained human.