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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE LEAD"
AND CONTINUING OUR WORLD LEAD.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN GRASPING
AT STRAWS TRYING TO PINPOINT
WHERE AND WHY FLIGHT 370 MAY
HAVE GONE DOWN.
AS PART OF THAT INVESTIGATION,
THEY ARE PUTTING A LOT OF FOCUS
ON THE MENTAL STATE OF THE
PILOTS TO SEE IF THE PLANE COULD
HAVE DELIBERATELY BEEN
SABOTAGED.
FBI TEAMS HAVE NOT FOUND
ANYTHING IN THE PILOTS'
BACKGROUND TO FIND RED FLAGS AND
MALAYSIA CONFIRMED THAT ALL OF
THE NEW PILOTS UNDERGO A
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION.
PAMELA BROWN JOINS ME NOW TO
TELL ME MORE.
WHAT HAVE OFFICIALS SAID ABOUT
WHAT THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL
SCREENING PROCESS IS LIKE?
>> WE'VE HEARD FROM THE CEO AND
BASICALLY HE WOULD NOT ELABORATE
OR SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
PILOT AND CO-PILOT BUT HE DID
TALK ABOUT THE PSYCH EVALUATION
POLICY AND IF IT WAS FOLLOWED,
IT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE
COCKPIT CREW WAS NOT ONLY VAL
WAITED BUT THAT THEIR TESTS
DIDN'T INDICATE ANYTHING
UNUSUAL.
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CHECK
YEARLY AND SIX MONTHLY DEPENDING
ON HOW OLD THEY ARE ON THEIR
MEDICAL RENEWAL AND IT'S
NORMALLY DONE THROUGH AN
INTERVIEW WITH THE AVIATION
DOCTORS.
>> AND WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THIS
TESTING IS ONGOING OVER THE
COURSE OF THE PILOT'S CAREER.
WHAT'S NOT CLEAR IS WHEN THE
PILOTS WERE LAST EVALUATED BUT
MY SOURCE IS TELLING ME AND
OTHERS HERE AT CNN THAT THERE
HAS BEEN NOTHING FOUND IN THE
PILOTS' MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY
AND IN THE SEARCH OF THEIR HOMES
TO INDICATE THAT THEY WERE
PLANNING THE PLANE'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
>> HOW ABOUT WHEN YOU COMPARE
STANDARDS FOR TESTING IN ASIA
COMPARED TO WHAT AMERICAN PILOTS
GO THROUGH?
>> THE FAA HAS A VERY SPECIFIC
POLICY.
PILOTS HAVE TO GET PSYCHOLOGICAL
SCREENS AS PART OF THEIR MEDICAL
EXAM EACH MONTH BUT THEY DON'T
ALWAYS ASK ABOUT THEIR
PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AND IT'S
OFTEN UP TO THE PILOTS TO REPORT
THOSE AND TO REPORT ANY
MEDICATIONS THAT THEY ARE