text: The girlfriend of a British student killed in the Alps plane tragedy told last night how he switched flights ‘at the last moment’ - and revealed she did not blame the co-pilot who crashed the jet. Paul Bramley, 28, died when Andreas Lubitz locked the Germanwings flight's captain out of the cockpit before flying the plane into a mountainside, killing all 150 people on board. But girlfriend Anneli Tiirik, 23, said she did not blame Lubitz, 27, who had hidden a sick note on the day of the crash and was found to have researched suicide methods in the days leading up to it. Couple: Anneli Tiirik (right) said she did not blame the co-pilot for the death of her boyfriend Paul Bramley (left) Killer co-pilot: Andreas Lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit before flying the plane into a mountainside . She told the Sunday People: ‘I cannot hate or blame someone for being sick. Instead of blaming sick people and trying to understand their motives from the perspective of a health mind, we should concentrate on changing the system that enables such people to be in positions of power.’ The music student - who began dating Mr Bramley four years ago - said she hoped airlines would bring in greater checks, such as brain scans, to prevent similar disasters in future. She said she had waited for Mr Bramley at Manchester Airport, having flown in herself from Estonia, before later learning of the crash. ‘He was originally meant to land in Manchester on the Monday night, but he changed his flight at the last moment for Tuesday. Tribute: Flowers in front of a monument in Le Vernet, France, in homage to victims of the Germanwings flight . Martyn Matthews (centre left, with his family), 50, from Wolverhampton, was among the other Britons killed . ‘That was all the information his mum and I had, because he had switched off his mobile phone. I had a bad feeling because he would never have left me alone waiting like that.’ Probing: Search operations last month at the crash site of the Airbus A320, near Seyne-les-Alpes . She added that she had been at the airport for a few hours when a relative of his came to pick her up. The woman got out of her car with tissues in her hand, and Miss Tiirik then knew ‘the worst had happened’. Originally from Hull, Mr Bramley was studying hospitality and hotel management at Ceasar Ritz College in Lucerne and had been set to start an internship on April 1. He had just finished his first year at the college and was flying home via Dusseldorf from a few days holiday with friends in Barcelona when he was killed. The other Britons killed were Martyn Matthews, 50, from Wolverhampton, and seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres, from Manchester, who died alongside his mother, Marina Bandres Lopez Belio, 37, originally from Spain. Many UK airlines changed their rules in the wake of the crash to ensure two people were in the cockpit at all times. The Mail on Sunday reported last month how Mr Bramley’s father made an emotional appeal for the 150 dead not to be forgotten and demanded airlines be more ‘transparent’. Fighting back tears in Digne, close to where his son perished on March 24, Philip Bramley said: ‘What is relevant is that it should never happen again; my son and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten, ever. I don’t want it to be forgotten, ever.’ He added: ‘I believe the airlines should be more transparent and our finest pilots looked after properly. We put our lives and our children’s lives in their hands. 'I want to see this cloud over this town lifted and the natural beauty be restored and not to be remembered by the action of a single person.’ Stressed pilots warned air chiefs about a possible rise in cockpit suicides a month before the Germanwings disaster, it was claimed today. More than 6,600 captains and first officers were asked about working conditions – with a report revealing allegations that many pilots were becoming ‘ticking time-bombs’. The European Commission-funded study insisted that financial pressures, a lack of job security and excessive working hours were leaving many airmen and women depressed. Professor Peter Turnbull, one of the experts who helped compile the report, said: ‘All these pilots tell you that they still go to work when they know they shouldn't be flying.’ He added: ‘When this report was published, the main discussion around it was what it would take for the industry to take notice. Everyone said a crash.' A British Airline Pilots Association spokesman said: ‘Insecure forms of employment, such as zero-hours contracts, have been a major concern for pilots for some time. ‘However, the Germanwings accident is still under investigation and there is no evidence at this stage that employment conditions were a factor in that tragedy.’
target: Anneli Tiirik, 23, also reveals boyfriend switched flights 'at last moment'
  Student wants airlines to add greater checks to prevent similar disasters .
  Paul Bramley died when Andreas Lubitz crashed plane in Alps last month .
  Co-pilot, 27, was found to have researched suicide methods before crash .
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