Mental health rules 'need review'

Investigators say it is not easy to balance patients' privacy rights with public safety

Seeking to ensure that suicidal pilots can't crash their jets, French authorities investigating last year's Germanwings crash are urging new reporting requirements for doctors treating pilots, and new measures to keep pilots from hiding mental health issues.

The recommendations are delicate. The investigators from France's BEA air accident agency acknowledged on Sunday that it's not easy to balance patients' rights to medical privacy and public safety, and said they don't want to stigmatize people suffering depression.