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Old 04-03-2024 | 07:46 AM
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JohnBurke
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Originally Posted by PineappleXpres
says you? Who defines suicidal, you? Deny care before it gets suicidal. Says you? That’s what the issue is. Suicidal is who? Says who? Blood on the hands of those who push those who need care to choose between unemployment and care.
You just cited a quote stuipulating that "scores of working airline pilots take their own life." By defnition, a pilot who takes his or her own life is suicidal. I don't define it. The pilot who takes his or her own life defines it.

If someone is suicidal, they have no place in the cockpit. None.

If the FAA determines that a person with this level of trouble needs to be removed from the cockpit, there is no room for debate that the FAA is wrong. The FAA is not wrong.

The sentiment that a pilot should have health care with impunity doesn't hold water, any more than a pilot with a cardiac condition should kep flying until he recovers. Suicidal ideology is adequate to warrant grounding.

I said nothing about me defining suicidal. Not my department, not my lane. Professionals do that. There is, however, no room for debate that a suicidal pilot has no business in the cockpit.
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