Flying Illini
Hit me Peter!
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I've always enjoyed being able to share the joy of flight, whether it be through flight instruction or giving tours to the local schools or boy scout organizations. We do probably 10 tours a year for various organizations within the community and it's fun to show the kids and adults around and share GA with others. It's also nice to be able to dispell some of the "media myths" that the adults come in with.
Anyway, I am to talk to (not so much a tour) a person who is terrified to fly. We meet tomorrow at 11am. Apparently he has an airline flight coming up and he is really, really freaked out about it. I'm not sure if he's mentally handi-capped or not, but it seems that way as a city social worker will be accompanying him and she is the one who arranged this meeting. It is my understanding that she felt we may be able to calm his fears a little.
So, my job tomorrow is to meet with him. I will show him around an airplane or two and try to describe to him what he will see, hear, and feel, during his flight.
Does anyone have ANY suggestions as to what I should talk about, what I shouldn't talk about...anything? I've never done something like this before so I've very open to suggestions you may have or experiences you've had with something like this. Have you ever dealt with someone who was afraid to fly...were you able to reason with them? How?
Please help if you can.
FI
Anyway, I am to talk to (not so much a tour) a person who is terrified to fly. We meet tomorrow at 11am. Apparently he has an airline flight coming up and he is really, really freaked out about it. I'm not sure if he's mentally handi-capped or not, but it seems that way as a city social worker will be accompanying him and she is the one who arranged this meeting. It is my understanding that she felt we may be able to calm his fears a little.
So, my job tomorrow is to meet with him. I will show him around an airplane or two and try to describe to him what he will see, hear, and feel, during his flight.
Does anyone have ANY suggestions as to what I should talk about, what I shouldn't talk about...anything? I've never done something like this before so I've very open to suggestions you may have or experiences you've had with something like this. Have you ever dealt with someone who was afraid to fly...were you able to reason with them? How?
Please help if you can.
FI