Today MSN.com reveals that….

“Malaysia acknowledged for the first time that one of the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had plotted a course on his home flight simulator to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed.”

That should certainly raise eyebrows, don’t you think?

Well, back on March 19, 2014, I blogged about Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah because his face show personality propensities –personality traits–that gave me some concern. The co-pilot did not.

When I looked at photos of the pilot, his face showed he likely had a deviant side to his personality which would cause me not to trust him:   Read my thoughts here. 

Why would this information be important?  Because it can speed up investigations dramatically when we can identify how people are likely to be behave, and can hone into questions based on this information.   It doesn’t mean anyone did anything, but we have information that we need to rule in or out much faster.  And getting to the heart of this information can move you to the truth much quicker.

Take for example a person who is very arrogant in a photograph. If you can’t see it, you start out with zero information about the person.

If you do see it, you have information upon which to dig for facts.  It doesn’t mean the person has done anything, but it increases the likelihood there is a propensity for issues. Arrogant people, as an example, put themselves above all other people, right?  They are “self-important” — that’s what arrogant is.  That means they have a higher propensity to cause harm to another person (use a person, etc) — compared to a person who shows humility.

It’s simple logic.

In this case, I would have put investigators on the pilot immediately to seek out any evidence of past deviant behavior. Is there any evidence to suggest it?   I would also dig into why he also showed contempt in several photos. Contempt is a moral superiority, or a looked down upon someone.  Both of these raise red flags that need to be immediately understood, and many, many times, we do find supportive facts that there is reason for concern.

This speeds up investigations dramatically.

Scientists have been studying personality identification at zero acquaintance and are finding people can accurately see personality traits in photographs of people (Don’t believe it–read here). And with all things, some people are better at it than others.  I do caution people to not use this tool unless you understand human behavior at a deep, deep level.  But I do believe we should harness experts who are good at this. They have the power to really help in cases like this much faster than a person who doesn’t have this ability.

Did you notice the pilot’s contempt expression above? If you didn’t, you are missing valuable information in life. I highly recommend considering my class, if you didn’t. It’s a very low-cost investment to change how you see people for the rest of your life!  It’s an investment in protecting yourself from people who can cause harm.