May 5, 2020 | Capt Rons Blog, Captain Eric's Blog
Captain (involuntarily ret) Eric Larsen here from FearlessFlight LIVE on Tuesday nights at 6:30pm Pacific. I have temporarily relabeled myself “CA Chopped Liver” for most of the shows while I ‘process’ my own Covid-19 triggered transition from being a captain for the...
Feb 29, 2012 | Capt Rons Blog
Overcoming Fear of Flying – When You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know! How do you get over something like fear of flying if you can’t wrap your brain around airplanes and aviation? Unless you have some basic understanding of flying and airplanes, it’s hard to put...
Dec 1, 2010 | Capt Rons Blog
A fearful flyer sent us this comment about his fear of flying through turbulence: “I wish that pilots would communicate more with the passengers. For example, that they would explain the turbulence and how long it will likely last. Also I often find that when they...
May 21, 2010 | Capt Rons Blog
I came across this column called Feeding the Fear of Flying about the writer’s fearful flyer husband. The couple’s solution to cure fear of flying made me smile and reminded me of what we advise fearful flyers to do. The writer described her own fear of heights...
Dec 7, 2009 | Capt Rons Blog
PBS Frontline aired an excellent documentary recently called “Flying Cheap.” It highlighted the problems with regional airlines—those airlines that supplement major airlines by flying routes not profitable to fly with larger planes. Frontline chose to air the program...
