Fear of flying

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

04-08-2010 | 08:02 AM

oicur12

Thread Starter

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Sep 2008

Posts: 322

Likes: 0

Fear of flying

Hi all,
Does anybody happen to know of a fear of flying course in SOCAL. I have been told an AS Captain runs such a course but I dont have any contact details.

A friend is hoping to visit family in europe but has been postponing such a trip for . . . . about 35 years due fear of flying.

Regards

04-08-2010 | 09:19 AM

Airhoss

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Apr 2008

Posts: 5,738

Likes: 5

From: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.

I goggled fear of flying and came up with dozens of sites..

Here is one example.

Fear of Flying Basics

04-08-2010 | 10:39 AM

Grumble

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Nov 2009

Posts: 5,525

Likes: 125

There are scarier things, like dividing by zero.

35 years of life and experiences gone because of a fear of something that happens tens of thousands of tiems a day....

04-08-2010 | 10:46 AM

USMCFLYR

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Mar 2008

Posts: 13,843

Likes: 1

From: FAA 'Flight Check'

I'd say take a boat to Europe!

USMCFLYR

04-08-2010 | 11:29 AM

Ewfflyer

Flying Farmer

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 3,160

Likes: 0

From: Turbo-props' and John Deere's

Another option would be to just buy them a discovery flight. Maybe some happy pills etc.. Cheaper than a psych consult!

04-08-2010 | 12:58 PM

elmetal

Gets Weekends Off

Joined: Dec 2009

Posts: 1,464

Likes: 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ewfflyer

Another option would be to just buy them a discovery flight. Maybe some happy pills etc.. Cheaper than a psych consult!

This is actually a great idea. I did this to my dad who was scared of airliners. After a discovery flight in a 172, he says the airliners are much safer because they're more advanced.

This is my comparison:

Small fishing/wakeboarding boat:cruise ship as 172:airliner

scarier to go on the smaller one, after that the big one feels almost like home.