Originally Posted by
Uplinker
But, 'we' need to introduce some sort of reporting system that pilots could use for personal stress issues, without fear of reprisals. E.g. the fatigue reporting system could be expanded to include stress. Pilot licence or earnings replacement insurance should not be allowed to be refused for mental issues in the event of a pilot losing their medical.
Peer support programs already exist and used by many airlines. It's a positive evolution that needs more development as well...
As to the initial proposition of this thread, I don't see how this would solve the issue for the mentioned cases. If you want to shut down the engine, you shut it down. If you shut down the wrong one, at one point both pilots were convinced it was the "correct" engine to shut down. Surges and stalls can be deceiving. Ie everybody talks about vibration, yet Boeing knows vibration is deceiving and the instrument unreliable.