Product Description

This well-researched guide helps anxious flyers understand the reasons and physiology of their fears and teaches them how to cope with their anxieties, both before flights and while in the air. As lead trainer for American Airlines' AAirBorn program and leader of fear-of-flying seminars, Brown has the insider's knowledge about the industry to tell readers the truth about the often-exaggerated hazards of flying.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #191812 in Books
• Published on: 1996-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781572240421
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Arm Yourself With Facts NOT Fear!
This book has been instrumental in my battle against fear of flying. I've owned the book for almost a year (through six flights), and it has helped me to confront my biggest fears.

The first part of the book helps you to understand the physiology of fear. Usually I tend to skim over sections like this, but I found the information in this case to be quite helpful because it helps you to understand how your fear has developed and that there are different types of fears with regard to flying. For example, I may be afraid of heights whereas another person may be clastrophobic, so you have to treat these fears individually. There is also a checklist in this section to help you identify your specific areas of fear.

Then the author moves on to several sections that help you develop "a valid information base." For me, these sections were key. I have gone through these time and time again, underlining and memorizing bits of information. Most of this information is in a question and answer format, so it is easy to skim until you find the questions that interest you most. The sections address everything you could possibly want to know: The Airline Industry, Pilots and Training, Personnel Other Than Pilots, Questions about Pilots, Aerodynamics, Flight Planning and the Flight Itself, Weather, Turbulence, Terrorism and Bombs, and Miscellaneous Questions. My favorite statistics are that the death rate risk per flight is one in eleven million and that air travel is 20 times safer than by car. The remainder of the book discusses coping strategies and information about developing your own flight plan.

If you are debating about whether to buying a book which addresses your fears, I would definitely encourage you to do so. I remember when I first looked for a book and wasn't sure if I really needed one or which one to get. After doing some research, I settled on this book, and it's been a great investment in peace of mind. It's well organized, clearly presented, and full of reassuring information. So go ahead, don't let unrealistic fears limit your experiences in life...fight back!

Fear of Flying is Gone
This book was great. I had flown before with white knuckles and sweaty palms, praying the whole time that we would not crash. I read this book from front to back just a few weeks before a five and a half hour flight to Hawaii. I took the book with me on the flight. I was a little nervous after boarding the flight but I got the book out and read the parts explaining take off. I was able to handle take off with out grabbing the arm rest and with in a few minutes I was even able to relax. I thoughly enjoyed the whole flight there and back and I am ready to fly again. This book answered all my questions on how the plane works, what is happening in each stage of the flight and what all the noises are. Thank you very much Duane Brown for freeing me from my fear. I highly recomend this book to anyone who wants to fly but is afraid.

Fearful flying
After a particularly turbulent plane ride several years ago, I refused to fly for a couple of years. When I finally did, I started having panic attacks on the plane. With the help of a pyschologist and his recommendation of this book, I was able to move with my family to Hawaii last year. While on the plane, I practiced several of Dr. Browns flight plans and my fear was greatly lessened on that flight. My fear is not completely gone and I will take Dr. Browns book on my flight next week to the mainland. I'm confident that re-reading the book will keep me from having a panic attack when I re-educate myself about the logistics of airplanes and how they fly.