Hopefully this tragedy will drive the development of diagnostic tools that will let us detect and remove the many ambulatory psychotics, sociopaths, sadists and narcissists that infest our board rooms, police departments, government agencies and supervisor posts. Read the book “Snakes in Suits”, for a take on how common this syndrome is. The German police need to learn the difference between the term “psychosomatic” and the term “psychotic”. Psychosomatic means a physical ailment that has a psychological cause- a nervous twitch or hives or chronic problems for which there is no evidence of injury. Psychosomatic illness is a symptom of neuroses- milder psychological problems that do not interfere with a normal life. Lubitz was psychotic, a much more severe mental condition that can make people dangerous to themselves and others. Of course, Lufthansa doesn’t want the term “psychotic” applied to any of its employes because it implies a lack of diligence in its screening process.
Hopefully this tragedy will drive the development of diagnostic tools that will let us detect.......”.
I see and somewhat agree with your point. Giving the govt power to read our minds as they do in the sci fi movies is worrisome.
The crux of this specific problem was the Germans not having a policy in place when the co-pilot or pilot left the cabin that a steward etc had to be left behind. Under no circumstances could only one remain in total control of the door and the lives. It would have likely prevented this.
This same unilateral freedom to act out or kill by some exists also in gun free zones. It’s about power to some. Someone gets in with a firearm and they know no one can stop them from killing others.
People need to know in these situations if possible, that there are deterrents in place....such as a steward in the captains chair in his absence or in the case of theaters or schools, members of the public (or as teachers) that may be armed thus posing a threat to unilateral unmitigated ability to kill an attacker if (and it is a rare if) such an individual in that situation has a penchant to act out a fantasy of killing etc.
Has anyone heard the airplane control nuts and media demanding that airplanes be banned? Instead the focus is on the individual who did this and not the inanimate object that had nothing to do.