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[SydneyH]

On 3/27/2015 MickD said: Well....can ya say lawsuit? Malpractice?

I dunno, there's a lot of grey areas. May be treatment was for a minor case of depression, which under some circumstances would not automatically be a trigger to contact an employer. I'm only getting bits and pieces from the news so my opinion could change by the end of the day, lol. I also thought psych screening was done before hiring, may be that's just in the US.

[Lion]

On 3/27/2015 SydneyH said:

On 3/27/2015 Lion said:

What kind of doctor wrote the note? Medical? Psych?

I think it was a shrink, supposedly he was under care for years?

Under care for years? Wow.

I don't know how the airline industry can deal with mental illness issues. If they somehow make it mandatory to report airline personnel for receiving mental health services, the personnel might not seek the help they need for fear of losing their jobs.

Or, they'd try to hide their employment from the doctors.

Mental health screening isn't very good, either. Many people are able to hide those conditions.

[SydneyH]

On 3/27/2015 Lion said:

Under care for years? Wow.

I don't know how the airline industry can deal with mental illness issues. If they somehow make it mandatory to report airline personnel for receiving mental health services, the personnel might not seek the help they need for fear of losing their jobs.

Or, they'd try to hide their employment from the doctors.

I think it was a couple, but you're right, it's a vicious circle.

[MickD]

Interesting that he was under care for years...hello Freud!!! I'm just thinking that he was reallllllly not well...and maybe the doc was complacent in getting him hospitalized.....sometimes it helps to get a second opinion.....ITA Sydney....a lot more will come out.

[SydneyH]

On 3/27/2015 MickD said: Interesting that he was under care for years...hello Freud!!! I'm just thinking that he was reallllllly not well...and maybe the doc was complacent in getting him hospitalized.....sometimes it helps to get a second opinion.....ITA Sydney....a lot more will come out.

Don't quote me on the years thing, it may have been like from late 2013 to the present. Either way, it's a bona fide mess.

ETA ~ Today they are saying he was under treatment for 'quite some time' by 'medical' doctors for an unspecified illness.

[MickD]

I bet that doctor feels like a schmuck......

[SydneyH]

On 3/27/2015 MickD said: I bet that doctor feels like a schmuck......

You know I understand it but there is a lot we just don't know. We don't even know if the doctor knew he was a pilot, if he wasn't hired by the airliner, he could have told him he was mechanic or a baggage handler.

[MickD]

Great point.....

[NoelSeven]

Bumping this fact up, rather than letting it be buried in favor to a scare claim.

[dooBdoo]

These plane crashes/disappearances shine a huge spotlight on the missing pieces in security. Why can we have such careful, sometimes invasive, monitors, scrutiny, and surveillance otherwise, but not when it comes to pilots or the cockpit of an airplane?