It is understandable, but wrong, to infer from individual tragedies like Nick's death (I also knew him well) that mental health provision for aircrew is fundamentally broken. That was certainly the view set out in the Express's sensationalised reporting. I have two friends who self-referred to the "brain doc" with depression; one continued flying throughout and the other was only grounded for 2 weeks during initial assessment. That never gets any publicity, though, and there are probably plenty of other cases I'm unaware of. Ironically it's reporting such as that of Nick's case which does the most damage by creating a false impression, causing those without any personal knowledge of positive outcomes to worry unduly about seeking help.