SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, ...
During a critical time in commercial aviation with a high and growing shortage of airline pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is neglecting an outcry for pilot mental health care, ...
An average person struggling with anxiety or depression might try behavioral therapy or medication, and then ideally get back to a stable, healthy life. But commercial pilots face a different ...
Richard Wesmoreland says in the beginning, being an airline pilot was great. But the repeated, days-long stretches away from home - commuting back and forth between his home near Houston and regional ...