Re:It's Remarkably Easy to Lock a Pilot Out of the Cockpit
by Rockslide on Friday March 27, 2015 @11:33AM
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> it is incredibly difficult for pilots to seek help for mental health issues. It's "career suicide", and puts them in a position where medical professionals are their enemy
Exactly. Except that not so much the medical professionals, but the employers are the enemy. In the meantime, evidence was found in the pilot's appartment which shows that he was in treatment for a mental illness and was certified unfit for work on that day by his doctor. And his employer did not have a clue about all that... (German reference e.g. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/a-1025956.html )
Exactly. Except that not so much the medical professionals, but the employers are the enemy. In the meantime, evidence was found in the pilot's appartment which shows that he was in treatment for a mental illness and was certified unfit for work on that day by his doctor. And his employer did not have a clue about all that... (German reference e.g. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/a-1025956.html )