“Dear Keith, I have never enjoyed flying, but had flown fourteen times prior to this last week. Many of those flights were taken within a three year period until the summer of 2002, when I made any excuse not to fly. This has included ‘being helpful’ by transporting the family’s skiing bags to the French […]
If you have a fear of flying one of the best things you can do when you have taken your seat is to make yourself as comfortable as you can. Firstly tighten your seatbelt as much as you can…and then every few minutes tighten it again so that you move with the aircraft. This will […]
Hello there Mr G … I’m off to see my son next week. Flying on me little own and not even had any stress outs or major worries about it. Feeling good at the mo SOOOOOOOO glad I found you and know for sure I would not be feeling the way I do today without […]
If I were asked to say what I thought the average fearful flyer was most anxious, in addition to turbulence, taking off, noises, panic attacks, I’d say they feel that that being airborne is not natural, that it’s all it’s all balanced on a knife edge, always seconds from possible disaster. (A whole set of […]
This short blog is about Air Traffic Control or ATC as it’s known in the trade. ATC is a completely integrated system where the path of a flight is tracked and known to ATC from an aircraft’s departure from its Gate, taxiing route, take off until its touchdown. In the unlikely event of the radio […]
One of the most common themes that I see on fear of flying help sites is about the weather. So many people, understandably check the weather before they fly. But it’s not for sun bathing or skiing it’s about whether the pilot should be flying the route or if he or she should delay the […]
Recommendations of the Third World Conference On Fear Of Flying Whereas one or the other form of Fear of Flying affects up to 30 percent of the passengers on commercial airlines, Whereas severe manifestations of Fear of Flying and inappropriate reactions to it could negatively affect the orderly conduct of air traffic operations in the […]
While I was waiting for my Pilot trainees to arrive today, I had time to read an article in the Flight International magazine. It was about a technology that was being developed to detect the turbulence generated by other aircraft. I never cease to be amazed at how technology makes aviation safer by the day […]
Here is a part of the blog I posted on this site’s blog. Flyingwithoutfear.com and its associated websites has always maintained the principle of factually correct and unambiguous information to help fearful flyers. We strive to use language and descriptions that are consistent with those values and also explains aspects of aviation in a way […]
Heres the price list at 2015 A318 $74,300,000 A330-200 $106,200,000 A350-900 US$304,900,000 A380-800 US$428,000,000 Latest 2023 Prices are approx $90,000,000 $240,000,000 $360,000,000 $445,000,000 Similar Posts Turbulence How to Use the Shop Turbulence and Climate Change What price safety?
I’ve just been casually looking through the charges levied at a typical British airport. I’ve been in the industry since 1961 but I didn’t realise what passengers pay for. Aircraft taking off, landing, being parked, being moved, vehicles using the airport,loading vehicles,security charges, check in desks (by the half hour) and more and more. How […]
There has been little in the way of aviation news recently that would be of interest to anyone with a fear of flying.
The missing boeing 777 has been covered on my twitter and Facebook pages.