Airline Aggravation

Perhaps no public servant has more stress placed on them than those in the airline and aviation transport industry. There is no business more complex than the airline and aviation industry. In this line of work, there are more than just airline Ticket Agents, Gate Agents, Flight Attendants, and Skycaps.

Airline passengers meet with only a few of the professionals who make the business what it is. There is something in human nature that makes most travelers oblivious to the environment around them in that they only see a person in a uniform who either makes or ruins their day. Passengers see airline personnel and airport security as people who either hamper their freedom to travel or help their travel plans along.

The Humanity Beat documentary, "Airline Aggravation" looks inside the airline and aviation transport industry and exposes the stress levels experienced by those professionals who are expected to leave their humanity behind for the sake of corporate profit. This program will enlighten travelers on the matters of airline mental health, and what happens when the airline corporate culture forces airline personnel to hide their state of health until these hard workers reach their breaking point.

Airline personnel struggle with the stigma of mental health diagnoses just the same as anyone else, and yet, it is airline personnel who are demonized when they suffer a meltdown. Corporate corruption and alienation of people plays a role in airline and aviation employee mental health problems.

In recent news stories, two American Airlines employees have come under scrutiny and even demonization. Both of these professionals are Flight Attendants in the emlpoy of American Airlines. One of them is unidentified and under in-patient care at a Texas hospital after what is suspected to be a bipolar episode on a flight from Dallas to Chicago, and the other is Gailen David who was recently fired for blowing the whistle on American by way of his parody videos depicting his views of what happens at American Airlines.

"Airline Aggravation" is in production. The download link will be posted here when it is released. Until then, please enjoy this video statement by Gailen David, and visit his website, DEAR SKY STEWARD