Coverage dated October 28, 2023

Pilots can lose their jobs for getting mental health care, Alaska Airlines incident raises concerns

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The self-described "nervous breakdown" allegedly experienced by the Alaska Airlines pilot was hardly the first incident leading to a wider conversation about mental health treatment for professional pilots.

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  1. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Pilots can lose their jobs for getting mental health care, Alaska Airlines incident raises concerns (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    The self-described "nervous breakdown" allegedly experienced by the Alaska Airlines pilot was hardly the first incident leading to a wider conversation about mental health treatment for professional pilots.

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Pilots can lose their jobs for getting mental health care. Alaska Airlines incident brings renewed scrutiny | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Richard Wesmoreland says in the beginning, being an airline pilot was great.But the repeated,

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Pilots can lose their jobs for getting mental health care. Alaska Airlines incident brings renewed scrutiny (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Richard Wesmoreland says in the beginning, being an airline pilot was great. But the repeated, days-long stretches away from home — commuting back and forth between his home near Houston and regional carrier SkyWest’s crew based in Detroit — began to …

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