Notice how nothing is her fault. The FAA is at fault.
"I'm an emotional wreck, but with 'treatment' I should be allowed to endanger myself and/or others. Because, you know, psychiatric treatment is so effective."
The comments should really make you question your future choice to fly or not.
From the perspective of a passenger, anyone with increased risk or lowered performance shouldn't be flying as your pilot.
Lowered performance from what though? Perfect health? At risk of purity spiralling, Im going to have to argue that perfect health is an impractical standard for a pilots license. Age, other conditions like allergies or irritable bowel syndrome are going to impact performance a little bit. Being diagnosed with depression is usually indicative of a minor condition that will not significantly effect the operation of complex machinery in a trained person. Id like for my pilot to have a 160 IQ and perfect reflexes. Id like for him to have 20 years flight experience and also be his own mechanic. But I can’t have everything I want.
That is why I think pilots diagnosed with depression should be assessed for suicidality or homocidality, not disqualified for seeking treatment for what might be a mild condition which would have little or no impact on flying ability. It does seem arbitrary. They have lowered performance standards for shitskins and women but that is a separate issue. Im not suggesting that they lower the bar for suicidal pilots. Im arguing that pilots be assessed for actual suicidality and not for seeing a shrink.
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Lowered performance from what though? Perfect health? At risk of purity spiralling, Im going to have to argue that perfect health is an impractical standard for a pilots license. Age, other conditions like allergies or irritable bowel syndrome are going to impact performance a little bit. Being diagnosed with depression is usually indicative of a minor condition that will not significantly effect the operation of complex machinery in a trained person. Id like for my pilot to have a 160 IQ and perfect reflexes. Id like for him to have 20 years flight experience and also be his own mechanic. But I can’t have everything I want.
That is why I think pilots diagnosed with depression should be assessed for suicidality or homocidality, not disqualified for seeking treatment for what might be a mild condition which would have little or no impact on flying ability. It does seem arbitrary. They have lowered performance standards for shitskins and women but that is a separate issue. Im not suggesting that they lower the bar for suicidal pilots. Im arguing that pilots be assessed for actual suicidality and not for seeing a shrink.