The latest may be conjecture but a lot of it flies about regarding the prescription of LORAZEPAM (i.e. Ativan and other brand names) plus an unidentified antidepressant to Lubitz, the mass killer pilot. Presumably the Avitan was for dealing with agitation and insomnia while the antidepressant was for mood.
Prescription of this stuff to a pilot opens a world of legal liability we have not seen before. That it was possible for Lubitz to fly completely shit-faced and do it undetected leaves options for negligence all over the place.
It will be glorious as the lawsuit may well include the drug company that manufactures Ativan, the doctor who prescribed it, Lufthansa for putting him in the air, etc, etc. Conservatives will be screaming that the relatives of those lost are sharks, parasites, etc for this lawsuit but I say sue those corporations until they bleed as money is all they understand.
The purpose is not so much vengeance but rather to force a change in process. When these corporations know they stand to lose big bucks if this ever happens again then they have one golden incentive to prevent it.
My recommendation is a change in medical confidentiality such that anyone prescribing such drugs to people with even a small responsibility for the safety of others is compelled to notify a regulatory agency immediately.
It's conceivable pilots will be blood-tested before flying after this as, without any other controls, how can anyone otherwise be sure. These drugs are transparent insofar as those under the effect of them do not act like stereotypical stoners even though they are crazy as loons.
This is the fifth time a pilot has deliberately crashed a plane like this and I don't imagine this will just disappear like the others.
Prescription of this stuff to a pilot opens a world of legal liability we have not seen before. That it was possible for Lubitz to fly completely shit-faced and do it undetected leaves options for negligence all over the place.
It will be glorious as the lawsuit may well include the drug company that manufactures Ativan, the doctor who prescribed it, Lufthansa for putting him in the air, etc, etc. Conservatives will be screaming that the relatives of those lost are sharks, parasites, etc for this lawsuit but I say sue those corporations until they bleed as money is all they understand.
The purpose is not so much vengeance but rather to force a change in process. When these corporations know they stand to lose big bucks if this ever happens again then they have one golden incentive to prevent it.
My recommendation is a change in medical confidentiality such that anyone prescribing such drugs to people with even a small responsibility for the safety of others is compelled to notify a regulatory agency immediately.
It's conceivable pilots will be blood-tested before flying after this as, without any other controls, how can anyone otherwise be sure. These drugs are transparent insofar as those under the effect of them do not act like stereotypical stoners even though they are crazy as loons.
This is the fifth time a pilot has deliberately crashed a plane like this and I don't imagine this will just disappear like the others.
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There is only one person responsible for that crash. No one else.
If I kill myself later today. It wont be that the banks stole my money and I am broke Or tgat now my wealthy loser "friends" now shun me.
Or the prospect of being homeless is too much to bear.
Or my refusal to change to the lifestyle I spent a lifetime getting away from returns.
And not because if the drugs prescribed to me to "handle" the stress that resulted from this change
It will be because I choose to do it
No one else is at fault but me
But those who are left behind , can hire lawyers and due a multitude of companies stating it was their fault. And each bank of lawyers will make a mountain of cash blaming everyobe but me
Understood there's only one person responsible. Nevertheless, multiple people were guilty of negligence in permitting him the capability to do it. The cash aspect of this has zero interest to me as the news media were lusting after that even before they found all the pieces of the aircraft.
The financial is irrelevant as that just results in the push-button calls for tort reform but, in my view, preventing it from happening again is hugely relevant and efforts I've seen toward that, thus far, have been trivial (e.g. some Euro airlines will require two pilots in the cockpit at all times).
It was my financial aspect I dont care about his or the companies. No one is capable of preventing a suicide. Noone can supply someone the capability
Most airlines were already at a two person cockpit after 9/11. Even that wont stop it as he could overpower the 2nd crew member and still crash tbe plane. And there are already huge limits protecting airlines against claims. So someone else has to be guilty of someone to let the lawyers loose.
Your logic no Dr would ever treat a depressed patient because if he prescribed a drug and the patient killed people in a killing spree the Dr would be culpable
It's the job of the airline to get me there safely. If they can't do it, their procedure failed. It doesn't matter if a motor fell off or the pilot suddenly thinks he takes orders from a giant rabbit. I will not absolve the airline of any responsibility as they had a job to do and they failed. The reason makes little difference when my body is splattered into little bits.
If I were King, a pilot would be grounded even for medical marijuana. That pilots are seemingly never grounded for such reasons tells me either none of them use psychoactive drugs or there is no attempt to detect them. You tell me which is more likely.
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