I have become a welfare representative with AFAP as I honestly want to help pilots. Life is hard! And this career and industry comes with so many extreme ups and down that require a great amount of resilience and mental strength. I want to help pilots where I can to withstand the ‘turbulence’, to know that they are not alone and they are certainly not the first. Personally I have been close to many family and friends with mental heath challenges and I think as a society and industry we need to do more to listen and help where we can.