Crazy pilots are allowed to fly now

[DieselDragRacer]

Unless I missed a rule change, ATC was never allowed to take anti-depressants and control AC right?

If this is still the case, this means pilots can now take anti-depressants while ATC can't? If so what sense does that make?

 

[Green]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/faa-ends-ban-antidepressant-pilots/story?id=10264194

and you have proven that idiots are allowed to fly as well....

 

[Dan Roman]

this thread is really depressing......

 

[Dan Roman]

Maybe I shouldn't be making jokes about a serious subject. I don't care who you are, anything can happen to anyone. A pilot smart enough to seek help is going to be a lot better person and a lot better pilot than someone who can't admit that depression is an illness just like any other.
I can't imagine suffering through something like a serious illness to a spouse or child and not getting depressed. It shouldn't be anything you should have to hide or be afraid to get treatment.

 

[dispatchguy]

My guess is that there are a lot, well maybe some, silent pilots out there using Lexapro and the like to make it through the day - and neglecting to tell their AME

This move is smart - as it removes the stigma. My guess is that the removal doesnt make it a free for all, but that the protocol that has to be followed requires constant follow up - like a special issuance.

I take antidepressants for Multiple Sclerosis - and after a few days without the meds, I wanna rip heads off - its WITH the meds I can tolerate ******************** like this industry...

 

[becket]

In the FAA's infinite wisdom, part of the Depression "cure" is to be grounded for a year..."feeling better? good. Sorry about that foreclosure and divorce but at least you're now safe to get your ass plowed by your lying, cheating employer"

 

[Deadalus]

Friggin awesome

Wow. The industry is such a smoking pile everyone is depressed. Don't worry though, you all can fix it with drugs. We wouldn't want any kind of pilot shortage. We gotta keep those boys flyin. Age 65, now it's depends and drugs. Friggin amazing. Pretty soon we'll have 70 year old, one armed, one eyed, depressed(fixed with drugs) F^&*ing monkeys up there piloting airliners.:beer:

 

[NuGuy]

Pretty soon we'll have PilotYIP telling us this is a sign of the impending pilot shortage in 2012.....

Nu

 

[BOOZENEWS]

In the FAA's infinite wisdom, part of the Depression "cure" is to be grounded for a year..."feeling better? good. Sorry about that foreclosure and divorce but at least you're now safe to get your ass plowed by your lying, cheating employer"

Wouldn't you be getting disability pay during that year?

 

[Whine Lover]

Probably not...depends on your insurance.

Unfortunately, most insurance companies choose to remain conveniently ( read: "saves us money" ) in The Dark Ages as regards mental health issues.

Read the fine print in your LTD and many of you will find out that depression, etc., is very limited in the amount and time that payments (if any) will be made.

As someone already pointed out...There aren't many people that are going to come forward and take a year off with little or no pay while having the FAA and the Company follow them around with a microscope up their kiester.

Most will just quietly keep taking there Prozac etc. and not report it.....


YKMKR

 

[bcp7]

Most people on this board probably don't know what an "E-ticket" was, lol. They haven't been used since 1982.

 

[Falcon Jet 1]

Like the previous poster stated, why would you have the Feds stick a scope up your butt, if the only way they can find out if one is taking an antidepressant is by postmortem examination, and at that point it really doesn't matter.

 

[Whine Lover]

"...the only way they can find out if one is taking an antidepressant is by postmortem examination."

Actually, that's not the "only" way....I have known a few people who did not report certain medical anomalies and due to a series of circumstances were led down the primrose path to self-incrimination and subsequent disclosure of previously unmentioned items conveniently left off of their medical forms.

To date, none of those situations has worked out well for the persons in question.

Much like Vegas and the Lottery....Ya' gotta' play to win, but the consequences may be disastrous.


YKMKR

 

[Whine Lover]

Ah yes...The E-Ticket ride.

Please note that my signature line is in quotes. It is not I who coined such a genius like phrase. Rather, it was another member of the FI Intelligentsia whom I chose to quote.

However, I would have to point out, that as long ago as it was....the E-Ticket was the Schnizzle.




YKMKR

 

[Falcon Jet 1]

actually I should have clearly stated "postmortem and if you divulge it"

 

[Kugelblitz]

Just as long as they don't outlaw Imodium! Every pilot (and truckers) best friend.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I don't think anti-depressants are necessary, especially since they have very harsh side-effects and withdrawal symptoms. What needs to be treated are the underlying causes which create depressive symptoms. These feelings are brought on by incongruence within ones life. They're akin to physical pain felt in your arm which is an alert provided by your body that you require medical attention. No different with depression or any other emotional feeling. It's your body telling you something is not quite right within your social and emotional domains.

 

[ron burgundy]

"...the only way they can find out if one is taking an antidepressant is by postmortem examination."

Actually, that's not the "only" way....I have known a few people who did not report certain medical anomalies and due to a series of circumstances were led down the primrose path to self-incrimination and subsequent disclosure of previously unmentioned items conveniently left off of their medical forms.

To date, none of those situations has worked out well for the persons in question.

Much like Vegas and the Lottery....Ya' gotta' play to win, but the consequences may be disastrous.


YKMKR

Well, that guy sounds like an a-hole. He probably puts everybody at risk every day, all for his own personal well-being.

 

[GravityHater]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/04/16/prozac.pilot/index.html?hpt=T2

 

[GravityHater]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8DgxpPHNQ