Mayday Articles
Options when there’s no money left
Article reproduced with kind permission from Health|Insite Author: Bruce J. Little 18 May 2020 Having no money to your name places you amongst the stars. According to an article by Matthew Michaels and Angélica Acevedo for Business Insider, “even the biggest...
Job loss: What do I do now?
“We’re retrenching” “We’re closing your division” “We’re closing the business” “We’re offering voluntary severance packages” “We’re offering unpaid leave” No matter how they say it, the devastating fact is YOU ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED. At a time like this, a multitude...
Covid-Positive | What Now?
“This is a reality and I can honestly say I have never been as sick in my life before this episode”. “No-one talks about the recovery. You may now be Covid-19 negative but some of the lousy symptoms carry on unabated”. It has been 6 months since the declaration of...
Reinventing myself: Creating a new flight path
The aviation industry is in unprecedented and turbulent times. Overnight, our flight path has suddenly changed from routing to our planned destination to diverting to an alternate with no guarantee we will ever reach the place we had originally intended to go. During...
Coping with Change
“I turn on the radio, I switch on the tv, I click on News 24 … just another devastating report regarding the precarious future of our airlines and aviation industry adding to my uncertainty and anxiety. There’s anger and frustration too! Family and friends call...
Sleep and Stress – The eternal conundrum
The eternal conundrum - the more tired you are the less you able to cope with stress, and more stressed you become the less you able to sleep. Whether we are aware of it or not, the uncertainty within the aviation industry since March, and before that for some of us,...
Covid VS The Drag Curve
Our beloved aviation industry has always enjoyed the privilege of connecting people. Whether it be for family or business, flying tourists from remote Van Zylsrus to Bloemfontein in a Cessna Caravan or connecting loved ones to New York from Johannesburg in an...
Release to service: Flying and the pandemic
Like it or not, 2020 will go down in aviation history as one of the most memorable years in our careers. In the space of only a few months, aviation went from being on an incredible trajectory of growth to stumbling to one of its lowest points ever. However, as...
Depression and Anxiety: The SACAA Mood Disorder Protocol
The South African aviation industry has been in a state of distress for many months, even before the COVID-19 pandemic came along and halted flying worldwide. During the time of the hard lockdown levels 5 and 4, when all flying ceased, there were many worried aviators...
Student Pilots Self-Care
Feeling stressed? Feeling tired, fatigued and worn out? Putting off important tasks to the last moment? Hitting stumbling blocks/obstacles in training and not knowing how to overcome them? These factors can cause immense stress as it takes a toll on your mind and...