Nature or Degree

It was the timing and tone of yesterday’s newspaper headlines that crossed the line for me: not any of the discussion about mental health and airline safety.  Of course, occupational health and fitness standards for pilots should be rigorous and we heard yesterday about annual testing, psychological testing, etc., etc..  By now, it may be […]

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Honor’d In The Breach

I’m a bit bored this evening – sitting in a London hotel as I’ve had to stay over because of successive days of meetings in the capital.  I’ve been to the National Crisis Care Concordat Meeting and discussed policing and mental health with the national policing lead, Commander Christine JONES at New Scotland Yard, amongst […]

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Are We Going To Do This, Or Not?

I think I’m becoming a bit report weary, especially now I have to make sure I’ve read every one of them cover to cover and several, like the new one this week from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, are hundreds of pages long.  Two hundred and twelve pages long, to be precise. I’ve printed off […]

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