mental checks:
at the beginning and than later in a questionnary.
A lot of trust is put in the hand of those who are undergoing the test
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/26/europ ... index.html
Drug and alcohol tests refused by unions.
( I would include medication in those tests as well )
I have pointed in the past towards mismanagment.
If employees fear that they would loose their job, income, licence if they come out of the box, than I speak about mismanagment. Employees should not fear to report a grave problem, even if they would loose that specific job.
Managment should be pro active and install non repressive procedures. For example: "OK, you cannot be a pilot anymore, but do you agree to undergo training to become an auditor? "
On the other side, more stringent repressive procedures could also be implemented. A kind of lie detection test can be implemented by airlines, but also at airports for random checks.
Hidden prescription notes:
This person has hidden his disability to work. This is a very sad and worrying situation.
I have heard in the past that GP ( you general doctor) are obliged to report if a patient is epileptical so he cannot have a driving licence.
(in Dutch:
http://www.gezondheid.be/index.cfm?fuse ... rt_id=8201 )
GP's provide medical certificates, also referring to a mental state. If such a GP knows about a medical state that interferes with a previous assesment, he should report that. This happens already in Belgium by GP's who know that their patient is mentally not fit anymore to handle fire arms. ( depression, Alzheimer,... )
What I am suggesting here is that if you obtain a certain certificate provided by a doctor, the medical secrecy falls away and the doctor has the duty to report it. If a pilot has a burn out and receives anti depressiva, his licence should be revoked automatically. But even that system could be overruled by getting treatment abroad, or getting medication from somebody else etc.
A very difficult balance between trust, obligation, responsability, repression, I know.