Mental health and the Aussie flying training environment.
From when I commenced teaching in the 70s, as CFI of my own flying school, it’s always been apparent that the DCA/CAA/DOT/CASA concept of headmaster with big stick was wrong. I’ve seen examples of fear overload leading to avoidable accidents. Like most things in life all things in moderation including fear.
CASA’s excessive, prescriptive and complex rules, that have been inappropriately migrated into the criminal code, contribute to an unhealthy mental state through the fear of becoming a criminal.
Quite apart from formal criminal proceedings, anyone in the GA community can be targeted by CASA, a body with extreme power, ask Glen Buckley and many others.
Mental health, a difficult area to define but we are saddled with a system that’s negative to all who are involved with flying ops.