Originally Posted by
hyperboy
Are you saying our lifestyle and working warrants a possible uptick in suicides? Are you comparing us to USAIR pilots losing their pensions?
Not at all regarding suicides. But the stats show our lifestyle and work lead to more divorces which one could safely assume helps trigger some sucides.
And the USAir thing, I just thought was crazy when I heard it back in the day. Not trying to debate the issue. Just raise awareness that the mental health aspect not just in our profession but entirely in the US should probably be to up to be addressed more with the FAA and break the stigmatization of mental health. The Clayton or German Wings incidents, and obviously the recent uptick in mass shootings, show that the issues shouldn’t be so taboo and talked about more freely. Look we jump through hoops to maintain our medical but that’s all physical tests. I just wish it was more out in the open