I posted the other day on Facebook about an AirTran friend who committed suicide seven years ago, talking about how much of a surprise it had been, because he had seemed so happy all the time. His wife posted shortly after, and she said that he was happy much of the time, but he struggled with depression on some days. She said that he never got help for it because his career meant too much to him, and he didn’t want to lose it. So he tried to go on without help and deal with it himself...right up until the day that she walked in the house and found that he had shot himself in the head.
I had never heard that part of it before. I had always just assumed that she hadn’t known what he was going through, either, and that he had just struggled in secret. But no. The FAA killed my friend with their backwardsass views on mental health. Not gonna lie. It’s pretty infuriating,