On a much less sombre note, I knew several very experienced and able Met forecasters, always attached to the RAF, who could not stand being badly wrong. This crept up on them ..... they had obviously passed the "thick skin test" in training, but became so identified with their customers' needs and disappointments that they asked to be taken off the job, with consequent loss of salary. This was to the surprise of their colleagues, who were, I suppose, equally prone to error but accepted it as an inbuilt hazard.
There were plenty of challenging back room jobs to do. One became a vital member of the team that took Weather Radar from a concept to an everyday wonder. Others became excellent lecturers in our College.
There must be many roles in a major organisation that bring on the "not for me" after a period of expertise and contentment.
A couple of crashes or accidents would do the business for me, for sure.