Posted on May 8, 2024
Air Force Pilots Now Can Start Mental Health Treatment and Won't Immediately Be Pulled from...
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An Air Force policy change allows pilots to receive 60 days of mental health treatment without being taken out of flight status. This is important policy that reflects the service's aim to destigmatize airmen seeking mental health care.
Prior to the policy update, which was publicized in a May 1 press release, if an airman began seeking treatment for mental health-related illnesses or concerns, they would then need a return-to-duty waiver to fly, a requirement that often kept pilots grounded for extended periods.
Prior to the policy update, which was publicized in a May 1 press release, if an airman began seeking treatment for mental health-related illnesses or concerns, they would then need a return-to-duty waiver to fly, a requirement that often kept pilots grounded for extended periods.
Air Force Pilots Now Can Start Mental Health Treatment and Won't Immediately Be Pulled from...
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I attended an NTSB conference on this topic and they were investigating changing their policy to do something similiar
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If you have a drinking problem, Seek help with alcoholics anonymous or with the command driven sobriety.
I suspect this General committed suicide because he was drinking too much and not because he had lack of sleep.
https://www.al.com/news/2017/01/army_officer_suicide_down_to_s.html
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
LTC Thomas (Tom) Jones MSG Thomas Currie
I suspect this General committed suicide because he was drinking too much and not because he had lack of sleep.
https://www.al.com/news/2017/01/army_officer_suicide_down_to_s.html
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel LTC Eugene Chu
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col Charlie Brown Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish LTC Stephen F. CSM Charles Hayden 1SG Russell Scott 1SG Patrick Burke SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC John Davis LTC Trent Klug CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD Col (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel CPT (Join to see)
LTC Thomas (Tom) Jones MSG Thomas Currie
Report issued on general's suicide at Redstone Arsenal
A U.S. Army Major General who hanged himself in July last year at an Alabama military base was suffering from self-doubt and sleep deprivation, according to an Army report released Wednesday.
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