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It's a catch-22 situation. You'd like to avoid unstable people to pilot the plane, but any atempt to filter out unstable people would lead to people hiding the
by Qem 4y ago
It's a catch-22 situation. You'd like to avoid unstable people to pilot the plane, but any atempt to filter out unstable people would lead to people hiding the condition and enduring untreated mental disease, what makes the situation worse. I don't see much to be done, beyond screening people that are entering the profession, and then ensuring the work conditions don't make people sick afterwards. When the Germanwings flight went down, I remember it was noticed the pilot was bullied at work. They should have cracked down on the bullies.
- dghlsakjg 4y agoThe easy solution is to allow doctors to make fit-for-flight decisions instead of the FAA. If a doctor, or panel of flight doctors ok’s you to fly, then why does the FAA have final say? I don’t care if my pilot has treated depression and a doctor says they are fine(currently an administrative disqualification). I very much care if my pilot is hiding/denying their depression and not getting care because they could lose their flight status. The standard advice about getting a flight medical is to only answer what is asked and to volunteer nothing.