Originally Posted by
Blantoon
Nobody without a mental illness crashes an airliner deliberately, religious fantatics (debatably) excepted.
Sir, that is not quite correct. It is not necessarily a sign of
mental illness to get destructive/negative thoughts and emotions that lead to suicidal ideation.
We had extensive (and eye watering) education on the difference between a personality disorder and mental illness, and life changing events whenever a service member would off himself (which was far too common, thanks) over the two decades that I was a serving officer.
Unless you define mental illness as "not normal, like me" then using such a broad term to classify what leads to such ideation being put into action does more harm than good. There are a host of emotional issues that arise in a given suicide decision ... I'll PM you on a few points that don't merit public discussion.