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In the public mind, a "Right Stuff" mystique surrounds pilots. A popular perception exists that aviators are cut from a different cloth, with better-than-average resistance to anxiety, fatigue, depression, substance abuse, and other stressors. 

However, the industry has begun to recognize that pilots, flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and other aviation professionals suffer the same vulnerabilities as everyone else, and that if they self-report and seek help in a responsible way, they should not have to fear job loss. Flight Safety Foundation's (FSF) publication, "An Aviation Professional's Guide to Wellbeing" says, "Safety performance is directly related to the manner in which people from front line staff to CEOs perform their various roles, and overall performance relies on individual and collective states of wellbeing."