How a pilot cured in seconds a passenger’s fear of flying
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New York: When it comes to flying, nearly everybody has butterflies in their stomach.
That feeling of heading towards doom is commonplace but most fliers remain optimistic and get going.
Stories of plane crashes, emergency landing and turbulence are scary enough to make people loath air travel.
Most recently a woman passenger was so terrified to step on a plane that a pilot volunteered to ease her fear, according to New York Post.
British Airways Captain Del came to comfort Julia Buckley handing her a note when she was onboard that instantly cured her fear.
Scrawling on a piece of paper a diagram of aerodynamics the pilot explained to Julia how the plane flies.
Julia Buckley took to Twitter to describe how the pilot cured 80 per cent of her fear of flying by drawing a cross-section of the plane with aerodynamic details.
‘'For once I come to praise British Airways not to bury them. Boarded the 249 yesterday trembling with fear, and disembarked serene with a diagram of aerodynamics drawn by pilot Del who single-handedly cured 80 per cent of my fear of flying. Potentially life-changing. Thank you (and Kai and Derek on board),’ Buckley wrote on Twitter.
The cross-section of the plane in the note explained to her where the lift comes from to stay airborne.
The pilot then blowing on a piece of paper showed her how it lifts up, not down, Julia Buckley said.
She came to know that the flight can glide for three hours with no engines.
‘Also learned that the turbulence I hate off the Brazil coast is because it's two Jetstreams meeting at the equator!’ she noted on Twitter.
Many on Twitter appreciated the pilot for the help he had given to Julia to overcome aerophobia.
Users also shared their stories of having been helped by the pilots and crew in similar situations.
British Airways appreciated Julia’s tweet saying ‘Thanks for your lovely Tweet, Julia. Glad to hear your fear of flying is getting better’.
