article_snippet: Professor Simon Wessely warned authorities against a knee-jerk reaction to Tuesday's Germanwings crash and said pilots with a history of depression - like co-pilot Andreas Lubitz (above) - should not immediately be banned from flying commercial jets .
article_snippet: Pilots with a history of depression should not be banned from flying commercial jets, a leading British psychiatrist has claimed.
article_snippet: Around 100 commercial pilots in the UK have a history of depression with 42 currently on medication, The Observer reported.
article_snippet: Prof Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said the aviation industry should not rush to change the rules.
highlights_snippet: 42 British commercial pilots are currently on medication for depression .
  