Yesterday you suggested that:
What if getting into > the airplane was a RELIEF
from stress? Is > it possible, that an aviator who
is dealing with > lots of stress, is more relaxed by
being in a > "controlled" environment, such as a
highly regulated > cockpit? Do we ever go to work,
to relax?
I've just come back from my Clinic where I know
that, unless the roof falls in, I won't be
disturbed and I can only see one patient at one
time...
The medical literature does support your hypothesis
- at least about doctors - that those with
problems tend to go to work and stay at work, where
they are buffed and thanked and smiled at and
regarded as wonderful (well, some of the time!)
rather than go home to face and sort out their
problems. The medical work environment may not be
as controlled as that of the cockpit, but the
problems are of another's makings (i.e., the
patient's) and there is a structure to what can be
done where and when.
Of course, the big difference is that their lives
are not at stake...
Jan Davies
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J.M. Davies MSc MD FRCPC
Professor of Anaesthesia
Department of Anaesthesia
Foothills Medical Centre
1403 29th Street N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
CANADA T2N 2T9
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