SA pilots' warn of mental health 'time bomb'
29 March 2015 - 02:00
South African pilots have warned of an aviation time bomb due to a lack of proper mental health regulations, saying it could result in a disaster similar to this week's suicide crash in the French Alps. They point to incidents of depressed pilots, tantrums in the cockpit and erratic behaviour as examples of problems caused by lax rules.
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