This blog article misses a lot, by concentrating on small aspects and a specific case. Pilot depression? Talk about all employees (or civil servant) depression!<p><pre><code> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_S.A.#Staff_suicides
http://www.policesuicidestudy.com/
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(And what about suicidal terrorists?)<p>The point is that there's a global problem with society (the disfunctional way it's organized) which leads to mental illnesses, increasing drug usage, increadible psychotrop chemicals usage levels, etc, almost everywhere.
> Or how about the common-sense idea of having two people in the cockpit at all times? Apparently new to Lufthansa.<p>Is this necessarily 'common sense'? If it was a flight attendant who'd downed the plane, we'd all be lamenting how it should be common sense not to let people who are not as closely vetted or scrutinised in a locked room with an axe and the pilot in command...