This one day course will provide you with all the confidence and knowledge you£ll need to go flying in the future. In it we combine structured learning techniques with a unique and safe way to experience some of the sights and sounds of flying. We'll help you to face your fears, without leaving the ground. Drawing on their extensive knowledge of aviation your crew for the day will be an ex British Airways Training Captain with over 20,000 flying hours, and a British Airways Purser. This friendly, relaxed course will provide you with the right information and strategies to cope with your fear of flying.
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Who is running it?
These Seminars are conducted by Captain Keith Godfrey and Purser Turin Vorland whose main aim will be to make sure that your day is relaxed and enjoyable. They will encourage you to ask questions and will make sure that before you leave that every one of your questions and problems have been addressed.
How is it going to help me go flying with less anxiety?
The course takes place in a de-commissioned aircraft cabin where the realism of flight can be re-created with the use of sounds and videos (see our example fear of flying videos). This will give anxious passengers the opportunity to ‘face their fear’ in a friendly, safe and supportive environment. Our skilled facilitators will provide you with the help and advice so that you can overcome your fear of flying
Why will this work?
Creating an environment where you can face your fear, with support, knowledge and understanding is situation that psychologists know is an effective way to overcome a fear of flying
Those recommendations were that effective therapies involve a multi-dimensional approach meaning that:
Considerable benefits are gained from group interaction and learning.
Courses should address individual needs, not be 'mass market'.
Thought re-structuring is an important part of treatment to leave people with lasting help.
Supervised exposure to the causes of fear is beneficial in overcoming a fear.
During the course there is sufficient time for each ‘passenger’ to have his or her specific needs dealt with and we guarantee that all your questions will be answered.
How will the day be structured?
Fear of Flying; Boarding and Take Off:
The day will start with the boarding procedures and will progress through the stages of a flight all the way to a landing. You will hear a special welcome aboard message and safety briefing. Then we’ll have a talk and discussion on fear and its causes and cures, before hearing the engines start.
At every stage you'll be able to ask questions and we'll ‘delay’ any part of the flight until everyone is ready to move on. We've got some great in flight entertainment that will ease your worries and that you'll actually be able to enjoy for once! And in case you’re wondering we shall definitely be talking about that falling feeling you get when the engines ‘lose power’ after take off.
Fear of Flying...in the cruise
We can guarantee that there will be no turbulence for the entire flight but we will take you through re-assuring explanations and demonstrations that will remove those worries once and for all. We'll have to make a diversion because of a technical problem...but that won't be anything like your imagination can dream up...it'll be a very comforting and worthwhile experience.
Fear of Flying. After the diversion; Then we'll have to start up again and take off, so by the end of the day you'll have heard and experienced all the procedures so many times that you'll think nothing of it. And again you'll hear more about the procedures that make flying so safe.
Fear of Flying. A successful landing; Unfortunately at our destination there will be some ‘bad’ weather and we shall need to 'hold' for a while. You might wonder if we have enough fuel. Will we divert? What is the delay really about...we'll take you through the whole thing gently, helpfully and at the end you'll be more confident and knowledgeable than you ever imagined.
At the end of the course you'll have something much more valuable than a Certificate signed by us...you'll have discovered the tools that you need to deal with your anxieties about flying that will work for you whenever you fly. You'll leave with confidence, knowledge and support from the people that you'll meet on the course, and if we don't answer every question you ask we'll return your money.
