What psychological evaluations has your airline put in place ?

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I think it would be prudent for people to distinguish the difference between mild depression/anxiety, Bi-polar and psychosis (personality disorder etc)..

It is quite clear that in the case of Germanwings, the pilot concerned was on an anti psychotic medication that was either undisclosed to the relevant authority, or had managed to pass through the net.

I've found that Anxiety and depression is completely different - both in terms of severity and manageability - to that of someone with 'manic depression' or a borderline personality disorder or psychosis. The latter three, I understand, tend to be incurable (and therefore, understandably disqualifying).

I'm hoping the authorities aren't going to go into this with a wide brush stroke. Particularly when the more minor cases of depression and anxiety are highly treatable, often with CBT, removal of causal factors, and (allowed, according to the CAA flowchart) SSRI treatment. To focus too much on that aspect would detract from the more concerning mental illnesses, and create a high risk of current pilots not reporting such. I would suspect that most people who have been through a period of depression had no intention to self harm.. Most likely just wanted to get better. And those that have, and/or have been hospitalised, should be under further evaluation than those who have had a brush with it and recovered (provided this is backed up by doctors reports).

Edit; want to make it clear Im not a doctor or have any involvement in medicine, nor do I have any background of clinical psychology. Merely experiences the process myself.