Aviator Healthcare Hesitance: An Examination

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Aviator Healthcare Hesitance: An Examination of Healthcare Avoidance, Pilot Mistrust, Presenteeism, & Risk

Citation: Raus, A. (2023). Aviator Healthcare Hesitance: An Examination of healthcare avoidance, pilot mistrust, presenteeism, & risk. Collegiate Aviation Review International, 41(2).


This article discusses three possible sources of fear in regards to pilots seeking health. It cites these reasons as: pilot personality, financial considerations, and lack of trust. It further goes onto show evidence that although many pilots participate in health avoidance behavior many of them want to get help - citing that 75% of pilots who reported at least one avoidant behavior also stated they would use alternatively sanctioned interventions.

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