French authorities seek new rules for pilots

France’s BEA air accident agency, which is investigating last year’s Germanwings crash and published its final crash report last week, is urging new reporting requirements for doctors treating pilots in a bid to bring to light any mental health issues. BEA says that there needs to be clear rules for aviation authorities to balance patients’ right to medical privacy and public safety. Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz locked his captain out of the cockpit and crashed Flight 9525 into an Alpine mountainside on March 24, 2015, killing all 150 people on board. It was later brought to light that Lubitz had