Recently an air pilot crashed a plane that killed over 150 people. He did this as an apparent suicide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32098578
Now I will list a series of discussion points that can be debated, they will also highlight where it can be politically relevant, you know in case it wasn't already blindingly obvious.
- This crash occurred because of the policies introduced since 9/11 but as ever Europeans take the good leave the bad. Sealed cockpit. In USA there must be 2 people in the cockpit at all times.
- Mental health screenings, and the understanding of mental health in the public sphere. We assume depression, we don't know. But even if we do we assume we could just disbar people, we assume an awful lot but we really don't know. Turns out that lots of people, particularly pilots suffer depression but go on to have normal lives.
- discrepancies in payouts mean USA victims wil receive considerbaly more, average EU claimants wil only recieve just under a million euros. It seems lives and values are divisible but even so it still means the crash is costing Lufthansa milions of pounds.
- You can be issued a sicknote and ignore it. Clearly dangerous if you are a pilot. What if you are a doctor? What if you work in a food factory and decide to pour in poison?
And if really that isn't enough of a political start by all means I hope I get a contact.
Edit: Title slightly changed, commenting on moderation is off-topic- outside the designated areas. - Aikanár