The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is recognizing Andreas Guenter Lubitz with inclusion in the prestigious FAA Airmen Certification Database.
The database, which appears on the agency's website at www.faa.gov, names Lubitz and other certified pilots who have met or exceeded the high educational, licensing and medical standards established by the FAA.
Pilot certification standards have evolved over time in an attempt to reduce pilot errors that lead to fatal crashes. FAA standards, which are set in consultation with the aviation industry and the public, are among the highest in the world.
Transportation safety experts strongly recommend against flying with an uncertified pilot. FAA pilot certification can be the difference between a safe flight and one that ends in tragedy...
There are a number of medical conditions that the FAA considers disqualifying, such as Bipolar disease, cardiac valve replacement, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus requiring hypoglycemic medications, disturbance of consciousness without satisfactory explanation of cause, epilepsy, heart replacement, Myocardial infarction, permanent cardiac pacemaker, personality disorder that is severe enough to have repeatedly manifested itself by overt acts, psychosis, substance abuse, substance dependence, transient loss of control of nervous system function(s) without satisfactory explanation of cause.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
In 2013 the FAA Gave the German Pilot Who Crashed Flight 9525 a 'Prestigious Airmen Certification'
From a September 2013, Aviation Business Gazette report:
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Those govt. mandated locking cockpit doors really kept then safe, eh?
ReplyDeleteAlso regarding those cockpit doors:
ReplyDeleteWhen the door is opened, for the pilot to go peepee, the only thing between the front row of seats and the door are a cocktail table and a 97 lb. flight attendant.
So, picture a Bruce Lee type leaping out of seat 1C, neck chopping the attendent, bull rushing the pilot, whacking him in the throat, ditto the copilot, and he's now in charge of the plane. Oh, and now he locks the door to prevent a Shanksville repeat performance.