Final Day World Fear of Flying Conference.

On the last day of the conference a resolution was prepared for consideration by ICAO including things like bringing to the attention of airlines and other aviation communities, the need to be aware of the needs of fearful flyers. Naturally I'll post the proper text when it's available.

There were more interesting discussions yesterday whose contents are too complex to describe here...in addition I have to go away and have a long think myself to try and understand them.

I am looking forward to my flight home this evening. See you on the forum as soos as I can.

Keith

fear of flying

Day two at the World Conference

I met a whole bunch of great guys today. I've fixed a link with Glenda down in Australia to look after Phoebe when she gets down there.

Two ladies from Portugal are going to translate my book. A guy called Les Posen is giving me a few ideas about helping fearful travellers.

I'm going to team up with the Valk foundation to provide seminars either in the UK or in Holland...we could all go over on the boat and fly back. More news of all these developments when I get back.

I was talking to a reporter from the Ottowa Citizen newspaper about the fear of flying for an article and it turned out that she has a fear of flying so when Janice joins us on the forum let's give her a warm welcome.

Everyone here represent people who actually want to help people to deal with their fear of flying. There are definately some good facilities/providers who couldn't make it here but it's good to see all these premier providers making the effort to structure and facilitate help for nervous flyers.

So I'm going to back all the guys here with advertisements on our fear of flying help site and steer the many people around the world who contact us for help to them in the future. Its a great way of connecting people!

Icao (an international UN aviation body) are giving their full backing to the conference so maybe the airlines who currently ignore anxious passengers will take notice at last of all the people who have a fear of flying. I think they could increase their revenues by taking all those people on board, literally and metaphorically.

Any one with a fear of flying will eventually benefit from what's happening here in Montreal which is great news indeed.


Keith

World Fear of Flying Conference

Hi Everyone just to let you know how the conference is going.

Lot of knowledgable people here when it comes to fear of flying. There's a view that the airlines don't really do enough for anxious passengers. That message is going to be passed on to ICAO as part of a policy proposal. Certainly the impression I'm getting is that something needs to be done.

I'm asking questions of all the leading players here so I hope the quality of my advice will improve. Arounf the world there seems to be mixed opinions as to what is the best treatment.
Personally I think out Forum takes a lot of beating.

I will most certainly start the Seminars as a regular feature of flying without fear.com

You'll be pleased to know that I'm the only UK pilot represented here. I wonder if the big boys know there's a conference?

Keith

Flight from Heathrow to Montreal

For anyone who is normally anxious about turbulence...you should have been on the transatlantic crossing with me yesterday.

Absolutely perfect all the way. Not a ripple. I hope that gives encouragement to anyone who thinks that there's turbulence everytime a plane gets airborne.

I'll let you know what's going on at the conference each day.

Keith