Loss of a colleague
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Loss of a colleague
The loss of a colleague is a painful reminder of how precious our lives are and how work does not define who we are, no matter how much they put us through or take away from us.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Just a heads up to management, hope this is a wake up call to move beyond the Debbie-Greg era and appreciate your staff. This includes not punishing crew who have taken time off to deal with the stresses of the job!
Condolences to his family and friends.
Just a heads up to management, hope this is a wake up call to move beyond the Debbie-Greg era and appreciate your staff. This includes not punishing crew who have taken time off to deal with the stresses of the job!
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Mental health management in Aviation:
Depressed? You're grounded!
Want medication? You're grounded.
So guess what the result is. Silent suffering.
Get your vitamin d levels checked and testosterone (if you're a man)
Depressed? You're grounded!
Want medication? You're grounded.
So guess what the result is. Silent suffering.
Get your vitamin d levels checked and testosterone (if you're a man)
Taking time off means you get a call from absence management or worst case, your upgrade gets delayed
Suicide
May I ask what happened and which airline? I did not hear anything about this and would be interested to know what this poor soul went thru.
RIP and condolences to his friends and family.
RIP and condolences to his friends and family.
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Indeed. V sad. I note the toxicity of the place hasn’t improved. He must have been in a lot of pain. RIP.
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Not just the suicides. Also the health challenges that COVID work policies exacerbated resulting in serious illnesses being missed.
Any premature loss of life in such circumstances is particularly sad.
Its cynical for anyone to be weaponising this event without access to knowledge of the background and circumstances which triggered this.
One man’s unfortunate demise should not be waved around gleefully to promote your personal agendas. Have some decorum, please.
Its cynical for anyone to be weaponising this event without access to knowledge of the background and circumstances which triggered this.
One man’s unfortunate demise should not be waved around gleefully to promote your personal agendas. Have some decorum, please.
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Any premature loss of life in such circumstances is particularly sad.
Its cynical for anyone to be weaponising this event without access to knowledge of the background and circumstances which triggered this.
One man’s unfortunate demise should not be waved around gleefully to promote your personal agendas. Have some decorum, please.
Its cynical for anyone to be weaponising this event without access to knowledge of the background and circumstances which triggered this.
One man’s unfortunate demise should not be waved around gleefully to promote your personal agendas. Have some decorum, please.
We can sit here all day and debate other factors involved, but that will just be speculation. He actually put pen to paper (figuratively speaking) and spelt out the reasons that drove him to his actions.
Loss of a colleague
There needs to be a monumental shift in attitude by Managers. Focus only on the economics and dollar with no concern for human factors and not only do you increase the accident potential but sad cases like this one will become less uncommon.
We as pilots, can be contributive. It wasn't long ago that some bods, in order to "put food on the table" were extraordinarily compliant in legal but dodgy rostering practices that were alarmingly fatiguing.
Good article in this month's (September issue) of Flight International ag by GP who could have been a pilot.
Discussion too on mental health issues over on the Middle East forum.
Heartfelt condolences to those left in grief by the deeply troubled actions of our colleague..
We as pilots, can be contributive. It wasn't long ago that some bods, in order to "put food on the table" were extraordinarily compliant in legal but dodgy rostering practices that were alarmingly fatiguing.
Good article in this month's (September issue) of Flight International ag by GP who could have been a pilot.
Discussion too on mental health issues over on the Middle East forum.
Heartfelt condolences to those left in grief by the deeply troubled actions of our colleague..
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Would be interesting to find out of similar events at other like for like airlines over the past 10-15 years. I suspect that CX comes out very badly on such an evaluation. I can never forgive them for what they pushed Captain Bennet to do (and eventually his surviving wife also following him at a later date). His situation left a small child an orphan. CX does indeed have much blood on their hands.
