Originally Posted by
PilotdadCJDCMD
Nobody is saying airline jobs cause mental illness. It is one piece of a very complicated puzzle. Most of us have worked for a living, and a significant portion of us have served our country and experienced things that should not be experienced. Because you become and airline pilot and make 300K a year to turn the autopilot on does not erase somebodies past life and experiences. There are phisiological and mental stresses that being a part 121 pilot encompasses, everything on the site that OP posts is valid. From jet lag, to altitude, to endless hotels. It all has an affect, nothing wrong with acknowledging that and studying it.
"Jet lag" doesn't cause a debilitating mental or emotional condition. Nor do "endless hotels."
You may have missed the assertion and point of the original post in this thread (the subject of the thread), if you say that "
nobody is saying airline jobs cause mental illness." It seems that's exactly what the original poster said:
Originally Posted by
Pilot1001
Hi all
I'm sure we all know that our job isn't overly conduvice to a healthy lifestyle. As a UK based skipper of over 10 years & big interest in mental health, I spent the last few months putting together lots of facts, stats and information about how the job role affects airline pilots mental & physical health.
What's the longest you've ever spent in "
endless hotels," that's caused such hardship?