Originally Posted by
Blackfriar
I sincerely hope you never travel on a bus or train as I'm sure many of their drivers are under immense pressure at some time or another, professional or personal. I'm not calling pilots drivers but I think if they are so frail that impending redundancy makes them dangerous then they shouldn't be flying at all - what about their impending medical or sim test? Or their impending divorce or recent bereavement?
Likely I already have and likely I will again.
Insurance companies assess the risk even bigger than anything I would have said and bearing in mind the Germanwings Fl9525 and MH370 the risk is one they would rather avoid. Don't confuse it as being a personal slight on them as in all likelihood I will be flown by pilots in the future who are ex TC, the pragmatic approach is to avoid the personal stuff in a bad situation.