I have a privacy preserving technology that could conceivably help prevent the Germanwings [crash of 2014][1]. The idea would be there is a long list of issues that would prohibit a pilot from flying encoded on a ID card that anonymizes a pilot's information: I'm guessing that a list might look like this: * Overwork (no sleep) * Simulator experience, test results * Medical issues (temporary) * Drug tests * Psychological issues A list of medical providers would link the results together, anonymously, and during the pre-flight check, the ID card would be scanned and rather than a specific issue being highlighted, (depression), the pilot would be asked to rest for a while. No system would know why the rejection occurred, except for the pilot himself. This might for a balance of privacy, safety, and accountability without compromising need to know. That being said, I would appreciate any official, or carrier specific list of reasons a pilot would be rejected from flying. The closest I've gotten to learning about this is MSFT Flight Simulator and a few hours in a Cessna Supplemental information would be helpful as well (your thoughts about this solution) I am mostly concerned with US, or even UK regulations. [1]: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/03/25/germanwings_pilot_reportedly_locked_out_of_cockpit_before_crash.html