It may be a medical condition Wyler however, should we not always seek to root out the cause of stress in the workplace and, wherever possible, reduce it.
An unusual drop in somebody's standard of work is often the first indicator that all is not well and I'd like to think that we all look for it in each other, especially the aircrew amongst us. Would any of you Navs out there climb into the back of a Tonka knowing that the pilot you were about to fly with (taxi out, go u/s and taxi back in for you F3 chappies!
) was not on form and under undue stress, nope.
I'm sure every branch and trade could come up with an equally valid scenario. It is everbodies responsibility to look for stress in others from JNCO up IMHO. Flt Cdrs simply have to use the available tools in order to deal with it.
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