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You have no idea how many professional pilots avoid seeking mental health treatment.

Because it would literally destroy their career.

Kinda scary actually.

That's a huge perverse incentive. Doesn't make me feel safer!

Same is true for a lot of government jobs, especially things that require a security clearance. Ironically this makes people vulnerable to exactly what these institutions are most afraid of: blackmail.

Incredible is right because it's not true [0]. That said, the current system isn't perfect and doesn't incentivise pilots to disclose or appropriately manage their conditions.

0: https://www.faa.gov/ame_guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/adhd

I think the FAA is trying to prevent things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525#Invest... from happening.

The investigation into Lubitz found he had been treated for suicidal tendencies prior to his training as a commercial pilot and had been temporarily denied a US pilot's licence because of these treatments for psychotic depression.