Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
None of us take joy in seeing a professional peer embarrass and hang themselves and their careers in front of pax and fellow crew members. It's unfortunate and not a fun trainwreck to watch. So what if some of us don't have a clue about mental illness? Are you saying that she just needs a little rehab and should be allowed back in the cockpit?
Um......no. We're not electricians or chefs or even teachers that can go off the deep end and after some work with the shrink slip right back to our job. Doesn't work that way in this line of work. Nor should it.
This, and thank you for it.
Did the astronaut diaper pilot get her wings back? Did the mentally unhinged JetBlue pilot who the undoubtedly terrified FO had to lock out of the cockpit get his?
I hope not. I truly hope all of these people get treatment and find peace, but who could argue that someone whose sanity depends on them properly taking their meds that day should be in command of anyone's life, let alone hundreds of lives? They shouldn't be allowed to be doctors, they shouldn't be allowed to be judges, and they should not be allowed to be airline pilots.
I know this isn't politically correct, but not EVERYONE should ALWAYS be allowed to do EVERYTHING.
To unquestionably think otherwise is, in a word, insane.