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    Get Rid of Your Fear of Flying
    Get Rid of Your Fear of Flying
    Get Rid of Your Fear of Flying
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    Get Rid of Your Fear of Flying

    By Lars Toldbo

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    If you belong to the 20 percent of people who suffer from flight anxiety, here is some really good news: Former nervous flyer and now pilot and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) practitioner, Lars Toldbo of Fit2fly, has written this inspiring, practical and easy to read book to help anxious flyers overcome their fear of flying.

    You will be taken through everything from gate to gate; what is happening and why, all the sounds and movements during taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, approach, landing, and goaround. You will learn about the demands placed on pilots, aircraft, air traffic controllers, cabin attendants, and how aircraft work. In short understand all the requirements and checks that are in place to give us all safe flights.

    The nervous flyer has a lot of "what-if"-questions. Those will be answered - from turbulence to engine failure. When nervous flyers get real information and facts about flying, they usually stop showing their horror movies of flying on their inner, mental screen.

    The book also helps nervous flyers to change their negative thoughts to resourceful ones by using effective NLP techniques and offers several methods to relax before and during a flight. If you look for answers to questions like "what if an engine fails?", or "what if the oxygen masks fall?", or "can the wings break off?" or "what if the captain gets ill?", "what happens if lightning hits the aircraft?", or... then you have come to the right place.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateOct 24, 2018
    ISBN9788771880892
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      Get Rid of Your Fear of Flying - Lars Toldbo

      To my daughter, Christina Toldbo.

      Thank you for your great effort, constructive comments and support!

      Disclaimer

      Information in this book is for general information only. You should not rely upon the information as a basis for making any business, legal or any other decisions. We strive to keep the information correct, but Fit2fly makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, or availability with respect to the information in this book.

      Fit2fly shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage caused by errors, omissions, misprints or misinterpretation of the contents hereof. Furthermore, Fit2fly expressly disclaims any and all liability to any person or entity, whether a purchaser of this publication or not, in respect of anything done or omitted, and the consequences of anything done or omitted, by any such person or entity in reliance on the contents of this publication

      Certain links mentioned in this book will lead to websites which are not under the control of Fit2fly. Fit2fly has no control over and accepts no liability in respect to materials, products or services available on any website which is not under the control of Fit2fly.

      To the extent not prohibited by law, in no circumstances shall Fit2fly be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from your use of or inability to use this book or any of the material contained in it.

      Fit2fly cannot guarantee that the links are virus-free and secure. Fit2fly shall not be liable for any loss or damage which may occur as a result of any virus or breach of security.

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, recast, reformatted, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission from Fit2fly.

      Contents

      Introduction

      How Do I Know?

      Twenty Percent of People Suffer from Flight Anxiety

      What Do I Know?

      What Happens When You Get Nervous?

      The Need to Create Meaning

      The Risk of Flying is Distorted

      A Friend Called Amygdala

      From Gate to Gate

      Before Takeoff

      How Much Fuel Shall be on an Aircraft?

      Exterior Inspection

      Technical Logbook*

      Duplication of Critical Functions

      No Shortcuts

      Getting Ready at the Gate

      Boarding Completed

      Cabin Crew Arm Doors and Cross-check

      Sounds before Taxiing

      Vapor in the Cabin

      Calculated Takeoff Time

      Passenger Safety Briefing

      Engines Being Started

      Pushback from the Gate

      Checklist and Clearance for Taxi

      De-icing and Anti-icing*

      Holding Point* and Runway in Use

      Takeoff

      Cruise

      How Do We Fly?

      Turbulence

      Thunder and Lightning

      Altitude

      Approach

      Landing

      Go-around/Missed Approach

      What Does It Take?

      Construction and Tests of Aircraft

      Maintenance

      Pilots

      Autopilots

      Cabin Attendants

      Air Traffic Controllers

      How Safe is Extremely Safe?

      What if?

      What if the Tail Hits the Runway during Takeoff or Landing?

      What if an Engine Fails during Takeoff?

      What if an Engine Fails during Cruise?

      What if All Engines Stop en Route?

      What if the Gear Can't be Extended?

      What if We Must Return Right after Departure?

      What if the Flaps Can't Be Extended before Landing?

      What if the Aircraft Stalls?

      What if the Wings Break Off?

      What if the Oxygen Masks Fall?

      What if the Runway is too Short for Landing?

      What if We Hit Another Aircraft in Midair?

      What if We Fly into a Mountain or Another Obstacle?

      What if a Passenger Tries to Open a Door during Flight?

      What if Someone Gets Ill on Board?

      NLP

      How to Use NLP to Enjoy Flying

      Anchoring – the Moving of Resources

      Reprogram Your Mind to Enjoy Flying 1

      Reprogram Your Mind to Enjoy Flying 2

      Stop Anxiety

      Postpone Your Worries

      Write Down Your Worries

      Aero Anxiety Relief

      The Rubber Band

      Tighten and Relax

      Create Oxytocin (Anti-anxiety Hormone)

      The Little Meditation

      Plan in Advance

      Be More Comfortable

      Cabin Pressure

      Ear Ache

      Sinus Pain

      Barotraumas of the Teeth

      Motion Sickness

      Food and Beverage

      Deep Vein Thrombosis

      Carry on

      Jetlag

      Glossary

      Aborted Takeoff

      Ailerons

      Aircraft Flight Manual/Flight Crew Operations Manual

      Airworthiness

      Altimeter

      APU

      ATC

      ATP

      Autopilot

      Cabin Pressure

      Clearance

      De-icing and Anti-icing

      Dispatcher

      Elevator

      Faraday Cage

      Feet

      Flaps

      Flare

      Flight Deck

      Flight Level

      Flight Management System

      Fuel Jettison System

      Go-Around/Missed Approach

      Heading/Track

      Holding Point

      ILS/Localizer/Glide Slope

      ISA/International Standard Atmosphere

      Knot (KTS)

      Mayday

      METAR

      Nautical Mile

      Navaids

      Navigation Plan/Flight Plan

      Pilot-Flying/Pilot Not-Flying

      Proficiency Check/Skill Test

      Pushback

      QFE

      QNH

      Rotation

      Rudder

      Slats

      Spoilers/ Airbrakes

      Stall

      Standard English Phraseology

      TAF

      Technical Logbook

      Thrust/Thrust Levers

      Transition Altitude

      Transponder

      Tropopause/Troposphere

      Type Rating

      Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change

      - Wayne Dyer

      Introduction

      This book contains four parts. The first part briefly reviews the response pattern of your brain and body, why you become afraid, and what you can do differently to avoid it. Part two examines the flight from gate-to-gate. The third part answers all the what-if questions that you and other nervous passengers share. The fourth part introduces you to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and helps you to use two effective NLP techniques, which together with the other relaxation techniques in the book can make you relax and enjoy the flight.

      You will find detailed explanation in the glossary of the words marked *

      If you go to www.fit2fly.net and click on 'Video/Audio' on the topbar, you will see a list of videos from gate-to-gate together with related explanations and the NLP audio instructions.

      BANG!

      The engine stopped working with a big bang, and the aircraft immediately fell out of the sky like a stone. I could hear The Doors playing This is the End in the background. Some passengers were screaming, others praying, and the aircraft was just a few seconds from creating a big hole in the ground. In the distance, I could hear a ringing, then a short pause and a new and louder ringing, and suddenly I realized that the sound came from my alarm. Another nightmare about flying had luckily been brought to an end.

      These horror movies are shown over and over again. Not only when asleep, but also when totally awake. Some anxious flyers begin to play these movies on their inner screen as soon as somebody talks about travel to destinations reachable only by aircraft. For others, the movie begins when they see an aircraft or an ad for an airline company. Some wait to show the horror movie to themselves closer to the time of departure, when arriving at the airport, for instance.

      Irrespective of the timing, seeing this inner movie creates a lot of tension, anxiety, and often panic for the person in question. The more often the movie is shown, the worse the feeling and the greater the need to get away from the thing that creates this terrible feeling.

      How Do I Know?

      Well, for a beginning, I suffered many years – until 1998 – from severe flight anxiety. I was working as a consultant and assisting clients with their international business. This involved a lot of travel and was a very difficult combination for me to manage.

      At first, I managed to get on board the aircraft despite of my great discomfort in doing so. Some days before departure, my mind started to play tricks on me, showing me all the horror scenarios related to flying. The closer to departure, the worse it got. I was exhausted when I finally got to my destination.

      It got worse each trip. The feelings of being sad, overwhelmed by anxiety, angry with myself for my inability to control my feelings – apparently unlike everyone else on the aircraft, were tiresome, as was my anger over giving up on a lot of opportunities and limiting myself.

      On the plane, I was so scared and used so much energy to stay in control that I could not eat, read a paper or a book, or even look out the window. I preferred not to converse with anyone. Sleeping on a long-haul flight was, of course, not an option.

      Every sound and every movement of the aircraft impacted me. What was that sound? Was it a normal sound? Was there anyone else in the cabin reacting to this? After a few minutes, since we were still flying, I hoped that it was an ordinary sound without safety implications. But then a new sound or even worse – turbulence – would capture my full attention.

      As a true flight anxiety person, I knew in detail about every accident and incident in aviation during the last decades. The sounds and movements of the aircraft that I did not understand only compounded the anxiety and created out-of-this-world horror movies that I projected on my inner screen.

      It got to a point where I stopped flying for about 10 years. It was simply not an option for me anymore. Taking the train from Copenhagen to Paris or Barcelona for a meeting was a very long trip but far better than spending a few hours in the air.

      At the same time, I was disappointed with myself for not being able to solve the problem. I told myself many times that next time I would fly. But when I got closer to the departure date, the more attractive the other options seemed, and I fled and took the train, ferry, or car to get to the next meeting.

      I was headhunted for an exciting and handsomely paid top international job and had to turn it down only because of my flight anxiety. To put it mildly, I was enormously disappointed with myself, and I realized that I had to do something very different if I were not to allow my mind to work contrary to my wishes.

      I needed to think and act differently to overcome my flight anxiety. Every time I fled from flying, the more difficult it became to overcome the problem.

      My big problem at the time was that I did not know what else to do. I went down the trial-and-error road, each time with high hopes that the next method would be the right 'cure' for me. Hypnotherapy, acupuncture, studying literature about aircraft and flying, a flight anxiety course. You name it, I tried it!

      Each method seemed to be of great value during the treatment, but the effect did not last very long and disappeared when the next possibility for flying arose. Then I was back to square one and with a new defeat. As said, I found a way to get rid of my flight anxiety in 1998. I remember

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