This Is Your Captain Speaking: What You Should Know About Your Pilot's Mental Health

by Reyné O'Shaughnessy

Overview

IS YOUR PILOT MAINTAINING MENTAL ALTITUDE?

The pilot of your airliner is perfectly trained, undergoes recurrent training twice or more every year, and works in a worldwide regulated industry with an admirable safety record. But is your pilot struggling with their mental health? Might there be some chronic stress, anxiety, relationship issues, insomnia, alcohol use and abuse, depression, or suicidal thoughts? In This Is Your Captain Speaking, aviation strategist and wellbeing expert Captain Reyné O’Shaughnessy examines mental health in aviation, including:

-The negative stigma surrounding pilots who seek treatment
-Pilot psychological health screening methods
-The impact of pilot wellbeing on aviation and public safety
-Policies or programs that protect airline professionals’ mental health

Let's make sure your pilot is cleared for takeoff before your next flight!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165031625
Publisher:	Reyné O'Shaughnessy
Publication date:	09/23/2021
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	582,152
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Captain Reyné O’Shaughnessy is the Founder of Piloting 2 Wellbeing, an aviation-based wellbeing organization that builds on her 34+ years of experience as a commercial airline pilot. She helps others in high-performance professions and those seeking careers as airline pilots achieve a healthier, more rewarding life using practical techniques tailored for their careers. She currently captains B767 aircrafts and has logged over 10,000 hours of jet flight time.

Reyné has over a decade of experience in health and wellbeing as an aviation strategist. She is certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at Brown University and earned a BS in Leadership (Phi Kappa Phi) and an Executive Certificate in Business from UC Berkeley.

Having travelled the globe repeatedly, Reyné’s most favorite place in the world is spending time on the east and west coast of the US where she lives with her family. She enjoys gardening, meditation, and the love of learning.