Uma análise dos possíveis impactos do mundo atual na saúde mental dos pilotos de avião

Abstract

The contemporary world has brought, simultaneously to the advances and substantial changes, some impacts that can be considered harmful to people's health, with inevitable consequences for work activities. Such impacts generally affect professionals from various fields, including aviation pilots. This reality, intensified by stressful and accentuated typical aerial activity factors, should be cause for concern forthe aeronautical environment, as it can affect the pilot’s mental health. Based on this finding, the present study aims to identify the factors that can result in damage to the mental health of crew members, capable of putting their careers and flight safety at risk. For that, this research with a basic nature and bibliographic and documental procedures,initially presents a brief history of some remarkable moments that contributed to the behavior, way of life and certain habits becoming what they are today. Based on the concept and exposition on the importance of mental health and psychological well-being, current data on depression and anxiety in airline pilots and their consequences were presented. It also sought to highlight the origin of these evils in society and their contributions to other psychological disorders, such as stress and fatigue. The advance of globalization, technological evolutions, the excess of information, the constant use of social media, the cooling of interpersonal relationships, the scales and pilot workdays –sometimes long and unstable –, his impaired sleep, distance family and social, among other factors addressed in the study, are some of the reasons that linked to unhealthy habitscontribute to the condition. Some tragic cases in aviation related to the subject, such as the Germanwings flight 9525, serve as an example to illustrate this reality, which can be minimized.