article_snippet.sent: An official with Lufthansa, which owns Germanwings, said that the exam only tests physical health, not psychological health.
article_snippet.sent: Britain's most senior psychiatrist, Sir Simon Wessely, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday that when a pilot is "acutely depressed or suffering from really any physical illness" that impairs abilities, they cannot fly an aircraft safely.
article_snippet.sent: We don't let pilots fly with depression ... because pilots're impaired in concentration, memory and attention, which isn't good for a pilot," said Wessely, who is president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and an adviser to the British army.
highlights_snippet.sent: European pilots must fill out forms that ask about mental and physical illnesses .
  