Pilot was depressed and took a six month hiatus for burnout...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

This is getting curiouser and curiouser...

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. sadder and sadder.

[Warpy]

4. Very much so

It looks like the crash in 1999, the Egyptian pilot facing a very involuntary retirement because of too many birthdays.

I had an uncle who had a rough forced retirement from flying, which was the only thing he truly loved doing. He decided to drink himself to death instead of going out doing what he loved doing and committing mass murder as an unfortunate side effect.

There should be 2 crew members in the cockpit at all times in case one becomes incapacitated or goes bonkers. A second person should always be there to open the door if a pilot or copilot has stepped out.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Yeah...But I'm not comforted by the fact of two pilots fighting over the controls.

It is better than the alternative though...

[regnaD kciN]

8. There were two in the cockpit on the EgyptAir flight...

The other pilot tried fighting for the controls, but couldn't take away control of the plane.

[cwydro]

12. No the Egypt Air guy

was disciplined for sexual misconduct.

He was pissed off.

[JI7]

2. too bad he had to take others out

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. There's the disconnect...

Hopefully we will learn more...

[cwydro]

13. I think we will learn more.

At his age of 28. I wonder if there is some "broken heart" thing going on here.

People do crazy things for love- or the loss of it.

[shenmue]

5. If only he had skipped work and checked himself into the hospital

[In_The_Wind]

10. Did he think he was doing them a favor by ending their suffering on earth ?

[Gin]

7. His parents went to the memorial and found out he did it while they were there..(cnn)

God....so much sadness.

[regnaD kciN]

9. Watch for the big push...

...for requiring commercial pilot licenses be automatically revoked for life if the person is diagnosed with a mental illness.

This will make people feel more secure ("Thank God we're doing something!!!&quot , but will only mean that those pilots who sense they might have a mental problem will avoid getting treatment in order to keep their license. The end result will be that pilots who could continue to have a normal life and career with medication will be flying unmedicated, thus making their mental illness even more dangerous, and making it more likely this will happen again.

As usual, "the generals are always fighting the previous war."

[bettyellen]

11. A friend tells me that is her pilot husband took antidepressants, he would be

Grounded for an entire year. And he could use them right now.

[Jane Austin]

14. Most people who are deeply depressed

stay to themselves more and more. They quit seeing friends, going places and reaching out.

It strikes me that this is a case of grandiosity plus narcissism plus depression.

If you are determined to kill yourself, you can do it without killing 150 other people, pulverizing a multi-million dollar airplane and landing on worldwide television for days.

Seems like it was his world and everybody else was just a supporting player for him.