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laundry_queen

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9. They should be reviewing their screening requirements

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 09:13 AM

Mar 2015

actually, they should be requiring regular psych evals. My SIL is a cop and she has to go for in depth psych evals and counselling every year (which is how she found out her mother has a personality disorder). My brother sometimes also has to participate in the counselling (separately), as generally they like to interview immediate family to ask about any signs of mental illness or other things. It should be the same for pilots - or any job where people's lives are at risk. Yearly psych evals and family interviews. That would've prevented this tragedy, for sure.

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They should be reviewing their screening requirements laundry_queen Mar 2015 #9