JoshuaHammerGQ

Shock at the clear culpability of Lubitz's doctors. It was astonishing to me that he saw dozens of physicians- ophthalmologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists- during those horrific last months of his life, and his psychosis was clear to many of them. Yet nobody said a damned word. The whole thing continues to make me sick.

Gee, I'm hope I'm remembered for more than that! Hummus, tabouli, lamb and pita, fresh green salad and some excellent baklavah, as I remember

It's changed the way I've thought about Lubitz. Like many people I was filled with loathing not only for the crime, but for the pilot who took so many lives along with his own. The more I read about his deteriorating mental condition- spelled out with such clarity in the german prosecutor's report, which was leaked to me as I was reporting the article- the more pity and empathy, I felt for this guy. He was clearly going down a deep, dark hole, a place that nobody who hasn't experienced depression could hope to fathom.

Not to beat a dead horse, but the BEA's recommendations about reforming those doctor-confidentiality laws, and putting more responsibility on airlines and aviation authorities to monitor their pilots' psychological states, seems about the best one could hope for

I think I've answered this above, and I would stipulate that it should be an industry-wide reform, certainly not limited to the Germans