A
abstract point of no return (APNR), 246, 249–50, 263
accident rate statistics, 180–82, 212–13
agoraphobia, xiii
air, as gelatin, 68–69
airline, choosing, 211–13
airline, foreign, 213
airplanes
accidents, 180–82
automatic landing, 180
backup and emergency systems, 176–77, 238–39
bird ingestion, 175
changing direction, 170–72
climbing and descending, 172
engines, 173–75
Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), 178–79
rudder, 172–73
stability, 169–70
Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), 177–78
alcohol, 225
Als, Heidelise, 159
Als’s Seven Levels of Arousal, 159–61, 163
amygdalae, 8–9, 28–31, 33–35, 39, 42–46, 73, 146
Anticipatory Anxiety Exercise, 228–30
anxiety
acceptance of, 242–43
anticipatory, 227–52
in everyday situations, 125–28
apps, 81
arousal, 159–65
Ativan, 223
attachment
avoidant, 141–46
insecure, 147–48
secure, 140–41
automatic regulation, 19
autopilot, 25–27
aviation
business, 214
complete flight, 199–208
how flying works, 169–82
turbulence, 189–97
weather, 183–87
backup systems, 176–77, 238–39
banking, 170
Barnett, Arnold, 216
Bateman, Don, 178
benzodiazepines, 223–34
Bunn, Tom, 37
C
calming, sources of, 157
Carter, Carol Sue, 23
categorical thinking, 241
CEO, inner, 25, 28–30, 33–35, 45–46
child psychology, 133–57
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), ix, 19, 253
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT), 178–79
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 165
Cummings, Truman “Slim,” ix
D
death, 246–47
decisions, questioning, 240–41
Developmental Psychology, 228
doubt, 1
driving 11/10ths, 164
dynamic stability, 169–70
E
Ehrlinger, Joyce, 89
elevators, 125–28
emotional regulation, 133–57
empathic attunement, 23, 96–98
Erasure Exercise, 129–31
Erickson, Milton, 244
Executive Function, xiii, xvii–xviii, 33–47
Executive Function overload, 85–90
exercises
Anticipatory Anxiety, 228–30
Erasure, 129–31
5-4-3-2-1, 15–17
Strengthening, 103–123
expert, reassuring, 225
F
fear of flying
celebrities with, ix
courses, 2–3
onset of, 49–57
psychotherapy for, ix
reasons for, xi–xii
role of stress hormones in, 25–47
feelings, forecasting, 237–38
5-4-3-2-1 Exercise, 9, 13, 15–17, 258
Flannagan, Michael J., 213, 217
flight
complete, 199–208
planning, 211–26
simulator, 231–32
tracking, 257–59
videos of, 236–37
flooding, 161–65
Flow (Csikszentmihalyi), 165
flow, 165
Fonagy, Peter, 44
G
g-force, 71
apps that measure, 81
Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), 178–79
Guntrip, Harry, 142
I
imagination, 43–44, 59, 64–65, 257–58
memorized, 253–54
Internal Replica System (IRS), xiv–xvi, 150, 156
J
jet stream, 191–92
journal, 259
K
kensho, 162
kinesthetic thinking, 114–15
Klonopin, 223
L
landing, 207–8
lavatory, pilot using, 194–95
Lerner, Jennifer, 37
lightning, 186
Loewenstein, George, 37
Loewi, Otto, 148
M
maintenance outsourcing, 212
map, 80
Masterson, James, 118, 142, 248
maximizers, 89
media, 255–56
medication, anti-anxiety, 222–25
Melamed, Fred, xviii–xix
memory, 25–27
traumatic, 129
Meuret, Alicia E., 153
Mobilization System, xiii, xiv, xv, 40
movie, internal, 59–65
news, 256
O
onset of fear of flying
adult, 53
childhood, 51
due to loss, 50–51
due to recognition of vulnerability, 53–54
marriage, 54
no apparent reason, 49–50
pregnancy, 56
teen, 52
when learning to care, 55–56
orbitofrontal cortex, 34
orgasm, 163–64
P
anticipatory, 234
anxiety about, 233–34
attacks, 152–57
in everyday situations, 125–28
parasympathetic nervous system, 23
pilots’ union, 212
pilots, young, 231–32
Porges, Stephen, xiii, 23, 111, 148–49
private jets, 214
psychic equivalence, , 44, 83, 154, 254
psychological fixation, 40
psychology
anxiety in everyday situations, 125–28
arousal, 159–65
automatic regulation, 19–24
emotional regulation, 133–57
Erasure Exercise, 129–31
Executive Function, 33–47
Executive Function overload, 85–90
flight phobia, 1–13
inner CEO, 25–32
inner movie, 59–65
manual regulation, 15–17
onset of flight phobia, 49–57
rumination, 83–84
Strengthening Exercise, 91–124
turbulence in flight, 67–81
R
reflective function, 85–87, 256–57
reframing, 244–46
regulatory moment, 100–101
relaxation exercises, 21
relaxation techniques, 258
Reticular Activating System (RAS), 75
Right Stuff, The (Wolfe), 251
Roth, W. T., 223
rumination, 83–84
runway, 202–3
S
Satir, Virginia, 244
satisficers, 89
Schore, Allan, 139
seat belt sign, 194
simulated flight, 20–21
SOAR (Seminars On Aeroanxiety Relief), ix–xi, 4
SOAR Chat, 37–40
SOAR methodology, 94
Social Engagement System (SES), xiii–xiv, xvi–xvii, 31, 94–96, 148–50
Souter, David, 52
square breathing, 258
storms, 185–86
strategy
anticipatory anxiety, 227–52
medication, 222–25
onboard, 220–22
planning and starting flight, 211–26
preboarding, 217–20
ten supportive strategies, 253–60
Strengthening Exercise, 9, 91–124, 233–34
how to conduct, 103–4
in everyday situations, 125–28
Phase One, 104–8
Phase Two, 108–15
Phase Three, 115–17
Phase Four, 118–22
troubleshooting, 122–24
stress hormones, xii–xiii, 8, 25–33, 39–43, 45–46, 93–94
Sullenberger, Sully, 222
synapses, 133–34
Systematic Desensitization, 20, 93–94
Systematic Inhibition, 22–24, 47, 103
T
takeoff, 92–93
target fixation, 257
terrorism, 180–81
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Kahneman), 214–17
thought stopping, 21
Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), 177–78
Turbulence Penetration Speed, 72
clear air turbulence (CAT), 190–91
during descent and landing, 193–94
jet stream, 191–92
lavatory use during, 194–95
psychological effects, 67–82, 195–97
seat belt sign during, 194
types of, 189–90
wind shear, 193
two-mindedness, 137–39
U
U-P-S-E-T sequence, 137–38
Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin, 23
V
vagus nerve, 148–49
Valentino, Kristin, 152
Valium, 223
venous thromboembolism (VTE), 223, 225
Visual Cliff research, 228–29
W
weather, 183–87
Wilhelm, F. H., 223
Wolfe, Tom, 251
World Health Organization, 223
X
Xanax, 223
Y