On the ground delays

Do you know the reasons of delays on the ground.

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Taxing for takeoff

Taxing for take off - Flying Withoout Fear.

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Assess your fear of flying on the Premium Course

This survey will show you the level of your fear compared with a sample of 4,000 other fearful flyers. You may find it useful to see what your level of fear is, compared to where you think you are. Many fearful flyers believe that their fear is higher than it is, and this makes them worry more than they really need to. But most importantly it provides a benchmark. The full survey is available on the Premium Fear of flying Course 
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We can fly in bad weather - Chillspace UK

So on a day when you’d have to leave the car in the garage and stay at home … the airlines continue operating, albeit in a limited way. That’s not to say that there aren’t some long delays … of course there are but it takes time to clear a runway of snow, and when it’s foggy planes can’t land as frequently … but they are  still flying. Things slow down, but they don’t grind to a halt like they do on the roads.Top Tips about weather:

• A plane cannot land or take off if the visibility or wind is outside (see our Premium Course for information).
• A plane cannot make an approach to land if the weather (see our Premium Course for information)

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Turbulence for fearful flyers

If you worry about turbulence, you are not alone. It's often compared with driving over a bumpy road, but the difference is that you are travelling ten times as fast in a plane ... so the bumps are going to feel a lot worse. - See more...

Flying a plane in turbulence is much easier than you imagine

The captain of your plane will have checked all the weather maps and forecasts for the route. Areas of turbulence are marked on the map including areas of CAT. It is unusual to make significant route changes to avoid turbulence.

• It is not any harder to fly a plane in turbulence than in normal conditions.
• We reduce speed very slightly … a matter of 5 or 10 miles per hour at high altitude.

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