03-31-2015, 10:18 PM
(03-30-2015, 09:28 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: Somewhere I read that he took some kind of leave and there was a break in his flying career. Maybe, it was then that he was seeking active treatment, i.e,, injections of anti-psychotic drugs, etc.. (2010).
During his press conference last week, the CEO of Lufthansa noted that Lubitz had taken 6 months break in his training back in 2008.
Mr. Spohr said that he didn't know why Lubitz had taken a leave, that it wasn't unusual for pilots-in-training to do so, and that he did not know the purpose for Lubitz taking a leave.
Today, Lufthansa confirmed that as part of its internal research it found emails Lubitz sent to the Lufthansa flight school in Bremen when he resumed his training. In the emails, Lubitz informed the school that he had suffered a 'serious depressive episode' which had since subsided.
I'd be surprised if Mr. Spohr wasn't aware of that information within hours of the crash. But, I guess it doesn't make much of a difference.
The Germanwings division of Lufthansa has set aside a large sum to assist the families of Lubitz's victims. With this latest revelation, Germanwings will quite likely be facing a slew of civil suits. I think the airline may go under fairly quickly, if it isn't essentially OOB already.
P.s. Despite the fact that his live-in girlfriend and medical records confirm Lubitz desperately feared losing his eyesight and therefore his career (most likely a psychosomatic condition) and the voice data and flight records clearly indicate that Lubitz sabotaged the plane, the conspiracy folks are in high gear on this one. The current most popular conspiracy theory seems to be that Lubitz is being framed by Lufthansa to conceal the fact that mechanical problems caused the crash.