Originally Posted by
harry the cod
EchoKilla
Serious allegation my friend. If you've overheard people discussing highly confidential material and you know who they are, you have a duty to report it. Problem is, I don't think you DO know who they are. The 'male' you're referring to with the boyfriend? The team consists of 7 specialists and they're all female. Sounds like you haven't got a Scooby Doo about what goes on in the EAS! And they either hold a degree or they don't.
Perthbound
In the case you mention with the child operation, why did he not contact EAS or peer support? Was the mother not available? If he was the only parent available, there would be good reason for EAS intervention. Regardless of their decision, I'd be telling Fleet I was having the time off and deal with the muppets later, like he did. FR in fleet is normally helpful with these type of issues but even JA when he was here had little control on rosters. It's a joke. Living as an expat does have challenges regarding family support so yes, I agree with you, the Company should be more flexible when it comes to dealing with issues. Problem is very few individuals, especially the fleet superintendents, are empowered to make any worthwhile decision.
My point is, this facility provides a good service that has helped many crew. I know this for a fact. The obvious deficiencies in Fleet with their lack of empathy and punitive policies on sickness is not a reason to ignore the potential of the EAS, especially in the context of this thread, mental health.
Harry
Negative - quite more than 7. Split between EGHQ & SZR. Some bounce between corp psych & EAP. The gent bounces between corp psych and EAP - look it up on HRDirect - they come under obscuring cost codes - some under Human resources and some under medical hence the peculiarity. The gossip part is true - maybe names are withheld but the stories are real / anything from this current tale of the flight deck to numerous others. Just depends on what time of the day you happen to be sipping those priceless lattes they whip up at Kostha.
The education bit / hmmmm well half and half - some are and some are questionable / just give it a visit 😉