The critical part of that article is that Emerson was suffering from depression for 6 months prior. And because any sign of depression or mental illness is car

The critical part of that article is that Emerson was suffering from depression for 6 months prior. And because any sign of depression or mental illness is career-ending from a pilot, the FAA and airlines' policy turned something that might have been treatable into something much worse. This situation reads to me like a last ditch effort to fix the depression before attempting suicide. The tragedy here is that this will only lead to stricter regulations, rather than the mental health reform this industry needs.