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Pilots hide mental health problems so they don't lose their licenses

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Pilots hide mental health problems so they don't lose their licenses

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Pilots hide mental health issues so they don’t ‘lose their wings’
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Airline pilots say the FAA’s system for evaluating their mental health is ‘broken.’ Some hide or ignore problems to stay in the air.

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  • CJOtheReal@ani.social
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    Oh wow… WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED?!!

    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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      And it’s not like this is a new problem, it just got a lot of media attention finally

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Of course they do?

    We make getting a job such a grueling, soul-crushing process (which often leads to insolvency and homelessness) that even office clerks would rather come in with an infectious disease than lose pay or get a demerit for failing to keep work quotas.

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