Where there are signs or is established evidence that an applicant may have a personality or behavioural disorder, the applicant should be referred for psychiatric opinion and advice. Applicants who use psychoactive medication likely to affect flight safety should be assessed as unfit.
Can you be depressed as a flight attendant?
Unfortunately, flight attendants bear the brunt of these attacks. While their job contains an elevated level of stress, passenger aggression adds an extra layer of stress, anxiety, and depression. The combination of passenger aggression and job-related stressors negatively impacts flight attendants.
Can cabin crew have depression?
Is cabin crew an unhealthy job?
While flight attendants are healthier overall than the general population—they have lower rates of smoking and maintain healthier weights—they have higher rates of certain diseases and conditions, including female reproductive cancers, sleep disorders, and depression, according to research by McNeely and colleagues.
What illnesses can stop you from flying?
if you suffer from or have had:
- angina or chest pain at rest.
- an infectious disease (e.g. chickenpox, flu), including COVID-19.
- decompression sickness after diving (sometimes called 'the bends')
- increased pressure in the brain (due to bleeding, injury or infection)
- infection of your ears or sinuses.
- recent heart attack.