ALPA’s In the Green Podcast

Are You in the Green? podcast host Capt. J.R. Hall (JBU) chats with ALPA Air Safety Organization Pilot Peer Support chair F/O Carrie Braun (JBU) and Capt. A.J. Berlotti (ALA), Aviation Jumpseat Chair. The three examine how the stressors of jumpseating can impact mental health and strategies that pilots can use to cope with these stressors, including "jumpseat therapy."

Are You in the Green? podcast host Capt. J.R. Hall (JBU) engages in some role play with ALPA Air Safety Organization Pilot Peer Support chair F/O Carrie Braun (JBU) and vice chair Capt. Elijah Nicolas (JBU). The three provide a sample call to ALPA’s Pilot Peer Support program to help answer fundamental questions pilots may have about the service and what to expect. 

Are You in the Green? podcast host Capt. J.R. Hall (JBU) chats with ALPA Air Safety Organization Pilot Peer Support chair F/O Carrie Braun (JBU) and vice chair Capt. Elijah Nicolas (JBU), who also serve as the campaign’s respective chair and vice chair. The three examine how regulators and policymakers are actively taking a renewed interest in evaluating and addressing mental health concerns.

Are You in the Green? podcast host Capt. J.R. Hall (JBU) talks with ALPA Air Safety Organization Pilot Peer Support chair F/O Carrie Braun (JBU) and vice chair Capt. Elijah Nicolas (JBU), who also serve as the campaign’s respective chair and vice chair. The two go into depth about the mental health continuum, a model representing mental health as a dynamic spectrum, which pilots use to gauge their fitness to fly.

Are You in the Green? podcast host Capt. J.R. Hall (JBU) sits down with mental health counselor Jessica Auslander, licensed employee assistance program professional Mark Berg, and workplace consultant and psychologist Doug McGibbon, three of ALPA’s contract mental health providers. The four examine the changes in medical certification policy as they relate to current mental health issues, the kind of work the contractors perform for the Association, and the trends they are witnessing. 

Are You in the Green? podcast host Capt. J.R. Hall (JBU), ALPA ASO Canadian Pilot Assistance chair Capt. Jacques Gendron (TSC), and Canadian Pilot Peer Support coordinator Capt. Dana Chepil (CMA) review the pilot mental health support structure and the many resources available to the Association’s Canadian members.