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The co-pilot had been 28 years old and came from Montabaur, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. He had been an avid glider pilot since his youth and had been member of the gliding club LSC Westerwald.
There had been a longer gap in his flight training six years ago, with unknown cause, but he passed all certifications without restrictions. His flying performance has been cited by Germanwings as flawless.
Germanwings also said that they can't explain why the pilot did not enter the key code for the door.
(Yes, Gary, that's an really - Maybe the BBC intended to fire the captain for using physical violence against an aircraft component. I have no idea why the mix the press conference with the AFP nonsense from earlier. Currently the actions of the senior pilot leave as many questions open as the reasons for the now known actions of the co-pilot)
Pilot candidates are initially psychologically screened, but later there is only the usual regular flightworthiness check of the pilots, which does only superficially touch psychological issues.
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Yes. And to badly translate a German proverb: People have also already seen horses barf in front of the pharmacy store.
(For the English dudes: "You never know, anything can happen.")
Right now, the current state of the investigation says the unthinkable has happened. But as much as you and many pilots sure do, I hope it is not true, that later information will show that there is another explanation for the accident.
Interesting detail from the press event: Only fully-licensed pilots know the emergency code for the doors.
There had been a longer gap in his flight training six years ago, with unknown cause, but he passed all certifications without restrictions. His flying performance has been cited by Germanwings as flawless.
Germanwings also said that they can't explain why the pilot did not enter the key code for the door.
(Yes, Gary, that's an really - Maybe the BBC intended to fire the captain for using physical violence against an aircraft component. I have no idea why the mix the press conference with the AFP nonsense from earlier. Currently the actions of the senior pilot leave as many questions open as the reasons for the now known actions of the co-pilot)
Pilot candidates are initially psychologically screened, but later there is only the usual regular flightworthiness check of the pilots, which does only superficially touch psychological issues.
---------- Post added at 03:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:54 PM ----------
And you will find some pilots at Lufthansa and other German airlines who will not believe the story for sure.
Yes. And to badly translate a German proverb: People have also already seen horses barf in front of the pharmacy store.
(For the English dudes: "You never know, anything can happen.")
Right now, the current state of the investigation says the unthinkable has happened. But as much as you and many pilots sure do, I hope it is not true, that later information will show that there is another explanation for the accident.
Interesting detail from the press event: Only fully-licensed pilots know the emergency code for the doors.
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