Flying for 40 years, 25 as an Airline pilot, Herwin has been heavily involved in collegial support and managing mental health assistance. He has seen the aviation industry evolve in its approach to mental health both in New Zealand and worldwide. From training in military jets to Highland jungle operations in Papua and 20,000 hours of airline flying now as a 787 Captain, the importance of safety and understanding the contributing human factors have always been a primary pursuit. After more recent Masters studies, it has become apparent that to understand the impact of mental wellness upon our industry, simply reacting to extremely rare but tragic events does not do it justice. For the hundreds of thousands of aviation professionals conducting their careers whilst living normal lives with normal stressors, treating mental wellness as a binary medical condition fails to contextualise our professional realities. Herwin promotes adopting a wellness spectrum model and incorporating Threat and Error Management (TEM) processes to achieve the professional skilled knowledge approach needed to drive an attitudinal shift away from fear based decision making.