This has to be one of the most disturbing things I have heard of in a long time.

A single dude wipes out 149 other people along with himself because..............

Ironically, the killer pilot apparently took a break a while back and worked as a flight attendant...

Maybe cases like this will accelerate the move toward robot pilots.

Yes, I know, it reminds you of Airplane.

If they can program a jet not to go into a nose dive, why not keep it from crashing into a mountain or a WTC?

Humans will always be needed, even if it's only for little details.

If this happens now the Bad guys can just break into the system while sitting at their own computer...

See..... Now, had this lady been in the cockpit doing her job, no flipped switch and pilot...


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2-person rule solves 99% of "these" cases (which appear to be .00001% of all flights).

But I guess it could be argued that even if you had the 2-person rule and somebody was going to do this, they'd just kill the other person in the cockpit first.

I'm not sure how you fix this, but it probably has to start with some very honest conversation. I suspect, unfortunately, that it'll get around to the "it's a sign of the times" and will get lost in everything but why this pilot did this.

It's just sad, and very suspect, that this pilot would choose to kill this many people too. The reasons could branch-out like limbs on a tree if you let your mind wonder, but in the end it appears that this man was willing to kill a lot of other people too.

God that's scary...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/wo...bitz.html?_r=0

The copilot had a medical condition that was severe enough to be excused from work by a doctor. Investigators found a doctor's note, and another torn up document in the trash of his apartment.

Pilot shoulda worn a stadium pal

Dude, we're talking Germans here. The country that gives you 6 weeks paid vacation with DOUBLE PAY for Christmas.

When I was over there, a girl friend of mine had a broken arm and took sick leave for 6 weeks. She was a hotel front desk girl (not much heavy lifting).

I once told them I tweaked my back and received 10 weeks of massages!

In other words, their Dr. 'notes' don't mean much to us.

Chuefs?? I hope not....

I'll bet the lawyers are lining up outside Lufthansa HQ right now. Bet their stock plunges today.

I thought they had just enough separation to claim Germanwings is a separate company. And Lufthansa's lawyers better be working OT to make that argument.

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