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Posted on 12/14/2016 7:51:21 PM PST by Steelfish
Thousands of Airline Pilots Flying With Suicidal Thoughts - Harvard 12.6 per cent of pilots in the survey met the criteria for depression
Henry Bodkin 15 DECEMBER 2016 • More than 4,000 commercial flights on any given day are being flown by pilots who have experienced suicidal thoughts, a landmark study on the airline industry suggests.
An international survey of pilots by Harvard University found 4.1 per cent had contemplated killing themselves at least once in the previous fortnight, and 12.6 per cent met the criteria for depression.
Pilots diagnosed with acute depression are automatically deemed unfit to fly, but experts have warned many cover up their symptoms for fear of losing their careers.
We found that many pilots currently flying are managing depressive symptoms, and it may be that they are not seeking treatment due to the fear of negative career impacts.
The study was conducted in the wake of the 2015 Germanwings tragedy, when a pilot suspected of being mentally ill deliberately crashed his airliner into the French Alps, killing 150 people.
Its authors said there is a “veil of secrecy” surrounding mental health problems in the cockpit
Last night, however, Britain’s pre-eminent psychiatrist said screening for depression would be pointless as diagnosis would rely on pilots being honest.
“We found that many pilots currently flying are managing depressive symptoms, and it may be that they are not seeking treatment due to the fear of negative career impacts,” said Professor Joseph Allen, who led the research.
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OMG! They let them drive CARS too!
Hey, what about all the other drivers?
Omg! It’s worse than we thought.
Severe depression is a weird thing.
You’re MORE afraid you MIGHT want to commit suicide than you are suicidal.
Same with severe anxiety. You’re scared of what you MIGHT think in the near future.
Had both for a few years. It’s to be taken VERY seriously, but saying you’re feeling suicidal and actually killing yourself are two Very different things.
MANY people show no sign they are about to commit suicide. That’s SCARY.
Slow news day...
I wonder if 12.6% of their pilots are Mohammadans ?
I would never want to do their job.
MOST surveyed were not American, but European and ... wait for it ... Middle Eastern.
Tell me Achmed, do you have suicidal thoughts when yoou fly with a plane load of 70 some people?"
"Alahu Akbadrrr, I am in the presence of Allah, may camel piss be his mead, when I am sitting in the pilots chair, as a throne, in the service of Allah, may he bathe in camel piss and flower his scent with camel dung, and I see on the horizon, the words of the prophet, may he be eternally upside down in a spiser hole, allahu akbaddrrr, "fly your plane into THIS mountain" and I am honor bound in the name of Allah, the most stinky of all, to obey"
this is shrink bullshit..if your really suicidal you aren’t worried about your career
At least their occupation is uplifting.
but it could come crashing down with little notice.
“Well if you’re going to go, might as well take as many innocent people with you as possible.”
That’s not just suicidal.
After going to college, a stint in the military, then just flying back and forth over again and again and again in a brick...
Won’t be a lotta pilot jibs left in 25 years, except on stoves.
Oh! The drama!!
4.1% contemplating killing themselves <> contemplating killing their passengers. Fake/manufactured news.
The study means nothing. How many of the pilots had mass murderous thoughts? Is a better question.
Exercising self censorship.
I would have been zotted for sure.
Could be depressed Hillary voters
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Living alongside humans as dumb as liberal democrats are gives me suicidal thoughts too. It’s unavoidable.
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