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Reform how? Do you want to get on a plane with a pilot who's suffering from mental health issues? It's not an easy solution. Unless airlines are willing to pay pilots to not fly while getting treatment, which may never be completely so they'd be paying indefinitely, there really isn't a good solution. Spoiler: airlines won't be willing.
Seems to me that this is partly due to a lack of legislation when it comes to sick employees. I live in the Netherlands and if a employee gets sick a company has to keep paying their salaries for up to two years and help the employee re-enter the work place. Only after two years they can be fired, but then they get sickness benefits from the government.
Granted, this wouldn't overcome all obstacles and I can imagine pilots would still be hesitant to come forward. And companies might be hesitant to hire employees with a history of mental health issues.