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Student pilot successfully lands plane after instructor jumps to death mid-flight (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by Abyssian@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Flight instructor: "Do your best, lol."

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[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There's also a huge issue in the aviation industry at least in the US where pilots do not disclose mental health concerns because it results in an immediate grounding - which means loss of pay.

Instructors are often also new pilots who use teaching to build up flight hours until they can land a carrier job, and also have a boatload of debt from their training. So, they're effectively stuck with trying to just deal with it, or face bankruptcy.

Xyla Foxlin is a youtuber and amateur pilot who had faced a mental health issue and was grounded for quite some time, she has a few videos talking about it.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 8 hours ago

because it results in an immediate grounding - which means loss of pay.

I can't think of a more macabre example of why making people's livelihood depend on their health is a bad idea. That also applies to other jobs, where a creeping loss in performance might not immediately kill, but far more so in professions where lives are placed in the care of someone who can't afford to be honest about their reliability.