Have recent crashes spiked your flight anxiety? Try these 5 tips to keep calm and fly on
LA TimesI’ve always been a nervous flier. Given the recent string of incidents, experts say it’s understandable that those with flight anxiety would feel more on edge than usual. “The odds of something happening don’t matter as much to the anxious brain,” said Andrea Bonior, a teaching professor in Georgetown University’s department of psychology. A pilot’s biggest fear is a midair collision, said Martin O’Loughlin, the president and chief operating officer of Cornerstone Aviation, an FAA-authorized flight school in Utah. “In almost every case, the design of the airspace and the rules that the FAA uses to design arrivals and departures is very, very good,” said O’Loughlin, while acknowledging that more planes flying than ever before and fewer air traffic controllers has put a strain on the industry.
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