The Future Travel Experience (FTE) Podcast
Jul 24, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
In this episode we talk mental health and wellbeing with Kirsty and Andy Dobson, the owner founders of Clarity& Why is it considered a soft subject in an aviation industry where performance and safety…
Kirsty DobsonGuest
Andy DobsonGuest
Max GosneyHost
Can you start by telling us more about Clarity! and your remit in aviation, please?

Um, Clarity!, yeah, in a nutshell, somewhere in the depths of the madness of the COVID lockdowns 2021, Kirsty and I looked at each other and, and, and essentially said, "What, what are we, what are we doing? Uh, what, what are we, what are we doing, and what are we gonna be doing for the next few years?" And, um, obviously it was a pretty, uh, a pretty interesting time for everybody, to say the least.

Um, and so Kirsty at the time was, was trying to run a, a pretty big department across two hospitals with NHS in a, in a, in a pandemic.

Um, and I was, I was working management consulting in aviation, um, trying to, to hold down a job that was be- becoming increasingly difficult with the travel.

It was a very short discussion, um, because we were both suffering with our mental health.

Can you start by telling us more about Clarity! and your remit in aviation, please?

Um, Clarity!, yeah, in a nutshell, somewhere in the depths of the madness of the COVID lockdowns 2021, Kirsty and I looked at each other and, and, and essentially said, "What, what are we, what are we doing? Uh, what, what are we, what are we doing, and what are we gonna be doing for the next few years?" And, um, obviously it was a pretty, uh, a pretty interesting time for everybody, to say the least.

Um, and so Kirsty at the time was, was trying to run a, a pretty big department across two hospitals with NHS in a, in a, in a pandemic.

Um, and I was, I was working management consulting in aviation, um, trying to, to hold down a job that was be- becoming increasingly difficult with the travel.

It was a very short discussion, um, because we were both suffering with our mental health.
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