Állítólag már a balesetet megelőzően 7 éve is pszichiátriai kezelés alatt állt és antidepresszánsokat szedett.
Itt erősen felmerül a kiválasztási folyamat hibája, és/vagy a résztvevők felelőssége.
"Lubitz was accepted into a Lufthansa trainee programme after finishing high school. In September 2008, he began training at the Lufthansa Flight Training school in Bremen, Germany.[5][68] He suspended his pilot training in November 2008 after being hospitalized for a severe episode of depression. After his psychiatrist determined that the depressive episode was fully resolved, Lubitz returned to the Lufthansa Flight Training school in August 2009.[5][76][77][78][79] Lubitz moved to the United States in November 2010 to continue training at the Lufthansa Airline Training Center in Goodyear, Arizona.[80][81] From June 2011 to December 2013, he worked as a flight attendant for Lufthansa while training to get his commercial pilot's licence,[68][75] until joining Germanwings as a first officer in June 2014.[5]"