Chris Finlayson
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“is that once you get treated, you’re good to go.”
Chris Finlayson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Finlayson stated the core goal of the Pilot Mental Health Campaign's movement.
“It starts breaking down the stigma and showing that when you raise your hand asking for help, it is no longer a third rail,”
Chris Finlayson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Finlayson commented on the potential impact of Senate-approved bills aimed at encouraging aviation professionals to seek mental health treatment.
“You put a bunch of type A people that enjoy being in control [with] frankly archaic mental health standards for those type of people, and then you add in a little touch of federal bureaucracy and you have a perfect storm for people who just do not want to admit or say they have they have issues,”
Chris Finlayson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Finlayson described the combination of personality traits, outdated mental health standards, and federal bureaucracy that discourages aviation professionals from admitting mental health issues.
“It’s a death by 1,000 paper cuts,”
Chris Finlayson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Finlayson described the cumulative bureaucratic burden he faced when seeking mental health treatment and trying to return to flying.
“There is this expectation that if you have even a mild to moderate treatable mental health issue, that you are a detriment to safety, even though that is not what modern science shows.”
Chris Finlayson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Finlayson criticized the assumption that any mental health issue makes a pilot a safety risk, contrary to modern scientific findings.
“The whole point of our movement,”
Chris Finlayson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05
Finlayson described the core goal of the Pilot Mental Health Campaign's movement.