Reddit reviews Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections

Try to pick up Cockpit Confidential by Patrick Smith - it puts most of the questions you might have about the actional flying bit in a easy-to-handle format and parlence.

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I read this book, I learned a lot about how flying works and helped me understand whats going on during a flight, but I'd be a liar if I still wasn't a nervous wreck when on a plane regardless of how I intellectually can understand how it is relatively safe. http://www.amazon.com/Cockpit-Confidential-Everything-Questions-Reflections/dp/1402280912

edit: I also only fly about once a year, so I feel like perhaps if I went on a lot more flights i'd eventually get over it, but that may not be the case.

Check out a book called Cockpit Confidential by Patrick Smith. It's a rough profession to get started in and the seniority rules make career advancement move at a glacial pace. Once you're flying for a major airline things get better but it takes years to get there...

https://www.amazon.com/Cockpit-Confidential-Everything-Questions-Reflections/dp/1402280912

Check out the book Cockpit Confidential - I was an extremely fearful flyer as you described, and my husband bought me this book. It went a long way to helping me handle my fear just by educating me on the process. Knowing what to anticipate each step of the way made me feel more calm. I wouldn’t say I’m totally over my fear, but I went from begging my parents to let me stay home from family trips and having major panic attacks before boarding to having flown by myself around the US, to Europe, and to South America. All without medicating myself with Xanax as I used to do. I flew over 25,000 miles last year, which is amazing for a girl who was known amongst family and friends as the one who hated flying. Recently I even flew in a little Cessna floatplane which I was SO scared to do, but I pushed through and I’m glad I did. You can do it!!

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Someone wrote "CockpitConfidential". I'd love to read a pilot's actual confidential.