Fear of Flying Funny Business

By Capt Ron • August 30th, 2009

I ran across an article from the Boston Globe online about comedian Mark Malkoff who lived continuously on and around a commercial airplane in an effort to overcome his fear of flying this past summer.  He reportedly NEVER left the airport.  He flew over 130 flights and accumulated over 100,000 miles during his month-long odyssey.

When not airborne, he hung around the airport and was permitted to move about from plane to airport to facilitate changing to other flights. As interesting as the myriad of activities he engaged in to occupy his time and distract from his fear were the comments from readers of the article.  Some questioned the validity of his fear versus the publicity-stunt aspect.  While there may have been some mixed motivation, I found his activities to have a basis in some sound strategies for fear of flying.

For instance, he uses  the Sky Mall catalog as a means of distraction.  Check out this funny video from the Boston Globe article to see what I mean, and then the next time you fly, you can use the Sky mall catalog to distract you from your flying fear as you and your seatmate discuss the unusual items you can purchase.  Perhaps a snow cone machine is in your future?

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