News · moment 19 of 24
Depressed Pilots and the Germanwings Crash
from The Mushroom Pilot & Jailed Billionaires | The Tim Dillon Show #407 · #407
3 min
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Tim continues on pilot mental health regulations, questioning the logic of medicated-but-depressed pilots flying planes, then plays audio from the Germanwings crash where a suicidal co-pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft.
- Tim frames the core dilemma: would you rather fly with a depressed pilot or a medicated one?
- Tim argues depressed people should do comedy instead of flying planes.
- The real problem: a schizophrenic who lies about it versus someone honest about mental illness.
- Tim supports depression medication but believes certain jobs demand more rigorous psych evaluations.
- Playing audio from the Germanwings crash: passengers and crew screaming, trying to break down the cockpit door.
- Captain's final desperate calls to open the door as the plane descends toward impact.
- Tim concludes he's cautious about pilot mental health standards given what happened with Lubitz.
GermanwingsAndreas Lubitz