COURSE STYLE

The Flying without Fear course style is straight forward.

The day is based on adult learning skills and designed to be enjoyable,  fun, user friendly, effective and memorable.

To achieve this we blend some basic principles into our course presentation.  We know for instance that involvement is an important part of learning, however we don’t insist that people join in,  there are always some people happy to ‘get the ball rolling’  and involve themselves in discussions and we usually find that within a half an hour of starting everyone is willing to add their opinions and experiences. There’s a good reason that this works so well and that’s because we meet in the restaurant for a long chat to get to know each other before we board the plane

Fearful flyers are happy it seems to discuss their fears with other people ( See our Social Network) who feel the same way, and we work hard to ensure that the group works together. This just isn’t possible with large groups and this is probably why we are so successful and why people who have tried everything else find that we can help them to overcome their fear of flying .

Group discussions need direction so we underpin the day with a structure that ensures that we cover everything that is useful to a fearful flyer. We follow the basics of a normal flight. We start with a cabin briefing then start the engines then taxi out followed by a take off we talk about everything that happens in the cruise. And while in the cruise we cover relaxation, breathing and visualisation exercises. Usually before we even get that far people want to hear about why they get a feeling of falling just after take off as the engines seem to lose power. While we’re ‘in the cruise’ we talk about the sensations and noises in flight. And of course the favourite subjects of turbulence and thunderstorms come up again. We usually cover these two subjects in the question and answer session at the start but there’s always something else people want to know about.

And so we continue with the flight until we land.  You will be given a workshop type book which will have information about all the subjects that come up on a course and this will be a useful reference to you when you are back home and preparing your strategies for taking a flight. There are pages for notes and adding your own hints and tips that come up during the day. Taking brief notes is a very valuable and effective way of making sure that you can retain and then recall information when you need it. And recalling information easily is important because you’ll almost always be slightly anxious when you first fly so the strategies, techniques and knowledge must be second nature to you.

After the course we will continue to give you all the support, help and encouragement that you need.   And if new subjects arise we’ll send you ammendments and additions to your book.

During the day we use video audio  and power point to enhance our explanations.

We’ll get you flying, and smiling, that’s our promise.

These points are the basis of our course style.

The fear of flying  is a learned  fear so can be unlearnt.

Adults learn by self awareness and reasoning.

Concepts are more beneficial than facts.

Facts need to be used with concepts not in isolation.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the most beneficial for overcoming a fear of flying.

Group interaction is vital to learning.

The graded exposure you get in the aircraft is invaluable.

Talking to experts is vital in developing confidence.

Being accompanied by a supporter is recommended.

Maximum group size is six.

This course has been developed using the Guide lines recommended at the World Fear of Flying Conference in Montreal 2007.

This course is the only one of its type in the world.