The elmundo article is basically a translation of one from the Guardian on Friday

AHM2002
Thanks for sharing. It reminds me that being a pilot does not give you infallability.

I learnt this the hard way, when, as soon as I started my training, I went through a big personal problem in my family(now ok). Nobody noticed, because my emotional distress was put down as other stuff... lack of confidence, assertiveness etc, etc... when actually I needed someone to talk to about my problem especially since I was away from my family. Time passed and the problem was solved, so then I was OK, and did well.

Unfortunately in our job, the "human" side is very much neglected. We're expected to "cold chicken" every emotion, which I must admit works well alot of times because at the end of the day our job is practical and so gives us a more logical view of things. However if a personal problem is so big as to being overwhelming, this doesn't work.

So glad that things worked out for you in the end. :D