There is a time and place for everything. There is good reason that depression and anti-depressant drugs have been disqualifiers for aviators. This is not a good precedent for safety. We have a demanding job involving time sensitive decisions often with incomplete data. Having someone not mentally in the game is bad enough. Having a person with "blurry vision, fatigue, drowsiness, possible suicidal thoughts" responsible for cockpit duty is worse. We can't all be CEO's, professional sports stars, authors, or politicians. So why should we all be trusted as pilots? You want to have a depressed or medicated pilot flying you into LAX in coastal fog down to 100 and 1/4 vis? Suddenly an old style driving family vacation is more appealing. Screaming kids and all.

I feel sympathy for folks struggling with depression. I do not agree with putting safety aside to accomodate them at others expense. The medications themselves warn about operating heavy machinery. Just my take, but who gets an exception next?