Originally Posted by
ferry pilot
Suicide is neither foreseeable nor preventable
I think we pilots should stop to think we know everything there is to know on the subject. Wouldn't that be smarter?
Suicide is a public health problem, not an aviation problem. When it comes to putting a human on the flightdeck, there is a possibility you take the problem to the flightdeck, and then it's an aviation problem. So the first step would be to avoid this from happening.
There are programs out there that try to deal with the issue (ie peer support program).
Otherwise there's a lot we can shut down in the world... how about a nuclear plant with a person with mental health working in there?
The question is not "does it exist and is it a cause?"
The question is "how do we prevent it?"
And let me finish with one tiny correction to the quote above: suicide IS preventable.