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The Regret of Honesty: A Policy of Truth? - 0 views

I'm an airline pilot-turned "alcoholic." In a world full of heavy drinkers, you might think that a poor career move; you'd be right. In September of 2009, after a rather rowdy three-night stay in...

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The Regret of Honesty: A Policy of Truth? - 0 views

I'm an airline pilot-turned "alcoholic." In a world full of heavy drinkers, you might think that a poor career move; you'd be right. In September of 2009, after a rather rowdy three-night stay in...

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BA moves Australia flights to Heathrow T5 - 0 views

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British Airways will switch its Sydney-Singapore-London services from Heathrow's Terminal 3 to the newer Terminal 5 in April this year, after its joint venture alliance with Qantas winds up at the end of March.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">British Airways will switch its Sydney-Singapore-London services from Heathrow's Terminal 3 to the newer Terminal 5 in April this year, after its joint venture alliance with Qantas winds up at the end of March.</div>

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Local reaction: American-US Airways merger seen as plus for Charlotte - 0 views

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The Charlotte Business Journal sought reactions from the region's business community about the merger of US Airways and American Airlines. We wanted to know what impact executives expect for their businesses and for the region as a whole.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Charlotte Business Journal sought reactions from the region's business community about the merger of US Airways and American Airlines. We wanted to know what impact executives expect for their businesses and for the region as a whole. </div>

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The Regret of Honesty: A Policy of Truth? | Brent Weyhrauch | LinkedIn - 0 views

"I’m an airline pilot-turned “alcoholic.”
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I made an unusually ‘non-alcoholic’ decision.
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The airline industry is quite literally awash in shameless, alcohol-fueled antics, some of which would rival most college campuses.
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) called HIMS (Human Intervention Motivation Study)
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Should I have told the truth? Should others now tell the truth (at this airline, and industry wide) knowing that they could be destroying (and not ostensibly saving) their own careers?
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I was terminated by my airline in September of 2013.
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I made the decision to ‘pick the phone up,’ not fly intoxicated, and exchange my intact career for a chance at what was described by HIMS as,”…the right thing to do to salvage your career…,” not knowing then, what I know now, was a decision I would come to regret with increasing frequency.
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Unemployed (and now, unemployable)
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anonymous on 28 Jan 15

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<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Regret of Honesty: A Policy of Truth?" by @weyhrauchlaw on @LinkedIn <a href="https://t.co/bkv31Zf2Aw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://t.co/bkv31Zf2Aw</a></div>

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What Tangled Webs We Weave When We Place Profit Before People - 0 views

What tangled webs we weave when we place #profit before people: http://bit.ly/1yjhpSV #FAA #aviation #UPS #flying #addiction #medicine #USDOT #NTSB

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What Tangled Webs We Weave When We Place Profit Before People - 0 views

What tangled webs we weave when we place #profit before people: http://bit.ly/1yjhpSV #FAA #aviation #UPS #flying #addiction #medicine #USDOT #NTSB

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What if We Really Treated Addiction Like the Disease It Is? | The Fix - 0 views

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Dr. Howard Wetsman argues that most addiction treatment has been misguided and ineffective but that we are finally able to "throw away the cookie cutter" and "treat addiction like the disease it is."...Richard Juman, PsyD
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We don’t really believe that addiction is a disease!
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in spite of the language that we use in describing addiction as a disease, we don’t actually treat it like it is a disease
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That’s because with every other chronic disease we look at data. With addiction, we believe.
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As long as we think of addiction as something a “normal person” has done to himself by using a drug, we will only see it as a temporary abnormality brought on by bad behavior.
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The mindset behind this advice is that addiction is really just a long-lasting intoxication that will eventually go away, leaving the person normal again; this is not a true understanding of addiction as a disease.
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I found that she had a polymorphism of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR), an enzyme that turns folic acid from our diet into L-methylfolate, the only form that our brains can use. One use for L-methylfolate is as a co-enzyme in two stages of the production of dopamine.
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based in biology and developed from essential principles.
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“Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.”
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We can finally treat addiction like the disease it is in nature.
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Howard C. Wetsman, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of the Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers in Louisiana and the author of Questions and Answers on Addiction.
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anonymous on 26 Feb 15

Howard C. Wetsman, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of the Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers in Louisiana and the author of Questions and Answers on Addiction.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Howard C. Wetsman, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of the Townsend Addiction Treatment Centers in Louisiana and the author of Questions and Answers on Addiction.</div>

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Etihad: Brisbane-Singapore-Abu Dhabi flights go daily from today - 0 views

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Etihad is boosting its Brisbane-Singapore-Abu Dhabi flights to a daily schedule, adding extra options for Virgin Australia frequent flyers heading from Queensland to Singapore or connecting onward via Abu Dhabi.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Etihad is boosting its Brisbane-Singapore-Abu Dhabi flights to a daily schedule, adding extra options for Virgin Australia frequent flyers heading from Queensland to Singapore or connecting onward via Abu Dhabi.</div>

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American, Republic Airways sign deal on large regional jets - 0 views

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Wallid pilots on 25 Jan 13

American Airlines and Republic Airways Holdings have signed a 12-year capacity purchase agreement for Republic to provide large regional aircraft that will fly with the American Eagle livery.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">American Airlines and Republic Airways Holdings have signed a 12-year capacity purchase agreement for Republic to provide large regional aircraft that will fly with the American Eagle livery.</div>

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