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Old 1st Sep 2020, 20:16
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Originally Posted by Sunfish
I respectfully suggest that this is a major safety issue. If pilots cannot avail themselves of effective and reasonable remedies for mental health issues, including leaving the industry with a payout,, then isn’t there a danger they may not self report? Doesn’t that set Virgin up for a Germanwings type tragedy? Especially in what could be a very demanding post covid world? Who wants to fly with a pilot who isn’t happy but can’t leave?
Not just Virgin Sunfish, every airline/charter organisation. From memory there were changes a few years ago regarding what Loss of Licence did and did not cover, particularly in the mental health area.
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