WorldBERLIN, AFP -Europe's aviation watchdog issued new recommendations Tuesday to keep better tabs on crews following a deliberate crash in the French Alps last year cause by a depressed co-pilot. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was tasked by the European Commission in May 2015 with reviewing cockpit rules after the Germanwings disaster that claimed 150 lives. In July 2015, EASA recommended more medical testing for pilots, including more psychological tests and drug and alcohol screening. The authority had in July softened a previous recommendation that two people should always be in the cockpit, following talks with industry representatives. Now it says companies should determine on a case-by-case basis whether one person should be left alone at the controls.

Source: Sunday Times August 16, 2016 11:37 UTC