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Do you think there should be steps taken by the industry to perhaps subject pilots to routine psychological evaluations? Im thinking if this is a growing trend then the ones in charge ought to do something about it.They have more reason to be suicidal these days. As Captain Sullenberger put it, "We used to be a step below astronauts, now we're a step above bus drivers." Except if this first officer were working for a US regional carrier, the bus driver probably would have been getting paid better. (not sure how it is for European pilots though)
Sadly, this was a type of crash you really can't do anything about. The weather was fine. The plane worked fine. The cockpit door worked exactly as intended: you aren't supposed to be able to access the cockpit if the person in there doesn't want you to. The guy wanted to kill himself. Maybe he was recently divorced. Maybe he'd lost a child. Maybe it was a drug problem. Maybe the voices in his head told him to. Maybe Al Qaeda told him to. Too many possible reasons. What can you do? Not much.
Sad story.