Depression and flying

"NW_PILOT" wrote

The Nazi's killed more than just Jews! The Jews just keep whining about
it.

Why, there is a comment, from a fine, outstanding person, handled with his
usual maturity and tact.

Why do you hang out in a place, populated mainly by adults, NW? Grow up,
then come back!

You disgust me, on every level, with this newest comment.
--
Jim in NC

Jose wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote:

A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood - a 20 foot drop
using steel cable will probably cause decapitation


One is conscious for several seconds after decapitation.

Do you have first-hand experience here? You must be a fast typist!

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:
Dylan Smith wrote:

A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood - a 20 foot drop
using steel cable will probably cause decapitation


One is conscious for several seconds after decapitation.

Do you have first-hand experience here? You must be a fast typist!

Matt

During the French Revolution there were some experiments done seeing as the
guillotine was in frequent use. One I remember was two fellows set up an
experiment. The deal was he who lost his head was to blink as often as
possible after the blade fell. As I remember he was able to blink 9 times
or so before it was all over.

It would make a good movie plot, the full flood was just an
added thought so the parts would be a long way away. If you
had a suit of chain mail or armor on so the body would not
bloat and come to the surface and a steel knights helmet so
the head would also sink...

I guess I've been watching too many episodes of Buffy and
Angel.

A ten foot drop on a rope can cause decapitation, you can
find pictures of the hanging of Black Bart (a white stage
coach robber about 1900) or even recently of a young man
running from the police in Atlanta who jumped over a bridge
rail and had his head caught on a spiked fence (Google
"decapitation Atlanta") brings it up.

When do you expect to see riot control police with Homelite
chain saws instead of clubs?



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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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| On 2006-02-09, Jim Macklin p51mustang wrote:
| effective if you jump from a 40 foot bridge. If you do
it
| over a river at full flood, there won't even be a
funeral
| and the cable won't even be seen for about 6 years since
| your head and body will NOT be hanging there to draw
| attention.
|
| A bit macabre, but it wouldn't need to be at full flood -
a 20 foot drop
| using steel cable will probably cause decapitation, so all
that'll be
| left will be some steel wire and the head/body washed
downstream.
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I spent two years without a medical because I took Welbutrin for two
months. Is it any wonder that pilots who suspect that they are suffering
from depression don't seek treatment?

It truly is a Catch-22 situation, and I'm sure the FAA's current policy has
made liars out of many hundreds of pilots.

Luckily (for me), flying itself is a catch-all cure for depressions of all
kinds...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:l0JGf.756489$x96.135591@attbi_s72...
I spent two years without a medical because I took Welbutrin for two
months. Is it any wonder that pilots who suspect that they are
suffering
from depression don't seek treatment?

It truly is a Catch-22 situation, and I'm sure the FAA's current policy
has
made liars out of many hundreds of pilots.

Luckily (for me), flying itself is a catch-all cure for depressions of all
kinds...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



I am with ya there Jay, I get depressed when I cannot fly hop in an airplane
and all is good. Oh! I may be passing through Iowa City soon with a
Commander I may be ferrying.

I am with ya there Jay, I get depressed when I cannot fly hop in an
airplane
and all is good. Oh! I may be passing through Iowa City soon with a
Commander I may be ferrying.

We'll keep the beer cold for ya!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

So, you admit to treating a depression? Even with Flying, any depression
requiring treatment is disqualifying.

Al



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:l0JGf.756489$x96.135591@attbi_s72...
I spent two years without a medical because I took Welbutrin for two
months. Is it any wonder that pilots who suspect that they are suffering
from depression don't seek treatment?

It truly is a Catch-22 situation, and I'm sure the FAA's current policy
has made liars out of many hundreds of pilots.

Luckily (for me), flying itself is a catch-all cure for depressions of all
kinds...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Al wrote:
So, you admit to treating a depression? Even with Flying, any depression
requiring treatment is disqualifying.

Al

I'm not sure that's true. I believe talk therapy is allowed, with
status reports from the treating physician.

So, you admit to treating a depression? Even with Flying, any depression
requiring treatment is disqualifying.

Wow, now THERE'S a Catch-22!

Flying makes me happy. Not flying makes me sad. I'll need treatment for
depression when I have to stop flying, hopefully in about 40 years.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"