Planes and Fear of Flying the Hollywood Way

If you’re a fearful flyer, maybe you’ve had someone who didn’t find your fear of flying real or believable.  Maybe they thought you are making this often debilitating fear up.
Like maybe all those tears and all that anxiety qualified you for an academy award or something.
Well, fear of flying is very real I’ve discovered in [...]

Free Fear of Flying Class

Sign up for the next Cleared for Takeoff  Basic 101 class.  They’re held at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix and they’re free!
1/16/10 Saturday morning from 10:00 to noon
Go here for Cleared for Takeoff class details and the sign-up page.

Fear of Flying–No Men Allowed!

Our monthly Cleared for Takeoff class met this weekend at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix.  For two hours, fearful flyers shared, learned, and asked Capt. Ron about fear of flying, takeoffs, turbulence, and landings.
Capt. Ron  patiently answered questions and made new fear of flying fans  with jokes like these:  “Turbulence bothers me in the cockpit because I have to put [...]

Piloting the Cleared for Takeoff Class

Capt. Ron Nielsen invited me to his Phoenix Cleared for Takeoff class for fear of flying to help out.  Although Capt. Ron has been working with fearful flyers for a long time, this was a new experience for me and the other assistant pilot Capt. Eric as we helped to “pilot” the fear of [...]