article_snippet: Lufthansa's Chief Executive Carsten Spohr refused to respond to questions about Andreas Lubitz's mental health .
article_snippet: Lufthansa's Chief Executive Carsten Spohr admitted yesterday that Lubitz had broken off Lufthansa's Chief Executive Carsten Spohr training in 2008 for several months, however, Lufthansa's Chief Executive Carsten Spohr refused to elaborate on the details.
article_snippet: Lubitz, from Montabaur in western Germany learned to fly gliders in Lubitz teens before starting work with Germanwings in September 2013.
article_snippet: Klaus Radke, head of the flying club said: 'I got to know Lubitz, or I should say reacquainted with Lubitz, as a very nice, fun and polite young man.'
article_snippet: Lubitz had just 600 hours of flying experience after joining Germanwings in 2013 straight from training.
article_snippet: Lubitz was, however, highly regarded, having won an award from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2013 for Lubitz outstanding flying skills.