If you are afraid of flying, here are a few resources that can help you get through it . . .

Achieving Comfortable Flight - This self-help program features booklets and tapes for $49.95. Call 800-394-2299 to order.

Aeroanxiety Relief Seminars - Seminars cost from $285.00 to $390.00 depending on need. Call 800-332-7359.

AirlineSafety.com

Air Rage: Crisis in the Sky - This book by Andrew R. Thomas describes the number of rising air rage incidents. And prescribes what can be done to solve the crisis.

AirSafe.com - Air Safety Pages from Todd Curtis: A great site, with the top airline accidents as well as many flying safety tips - probably the best collection of tips on the web. Allows you to view safety records of all international airlines. Also features a list of accidents at all major U.S. airports.

Anxieties.com - R. Reid Wilson, 3011 Jones Ferry Road. Chapel Hill NC 27516; 919-942-0700. Email: nw@med.unc.edu. This site offers a free self-help program for fear of flying.

Anxiety Coach - The site is a self-help guide for people with various anxiety disorders, including a section devoted to fear of flying. They also offer a fearful flyer's class in the Chicago area. Anxiety Treatment Center, David Carbonell, Ph.D., 5105 Tollview Drive #103, Rolling Meadows IL 60008; 847-481-5251. Email: dcarbonell2@gmail.com.

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Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel by Patrick Smith. Smith is a pilot and air travel columnist. Patrick has visited more than 60 countries and always asks for a window seat. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Are You Scared? - Contains help, resources, media, and discussion forums.

Aviation Week Safety Resource Center - A good source for aviation safety resources.

The Backseat Flyer - A book by Nina Anderson (ATN Publishing). Suppose you want to be a backseat flyer next time you take that trip in an airplane. To be able to deliver criticism, you'd better have an idea of what is going on in the airplane! The Backseat Flyer is just the book you need to discover what all those bumps, grinds, whistles and whirrs are during take-off, cruise and landing. You'll also receive information for surviving in the alien environment of 35,000 feet. Covers fear of flying, jet lag, air sickness, earaches, colds, and more. Order now online at Amazon.com.

Cabin Depression - Tips on how to survive a crash. Also other safety tips, health tips, and jokes.

Calm Clinic - An extensive guide on eliminating anxiety.

Corporate Travel Safety - Kevin Coffey, 4371 Park Fortuna, Calabasas CA 91302-1714; 818-225-1991; Fax: 818-225-1992. Email: StopThief@aol.com. Features more than 130 pages of free travel safety information. The company specializes in corporate travel safety seminars, tapes, and other products.

DrugWatch.com - Drugs used to treat depression and anxiety (such as Valium, Xanax, Zoloft, Paxil) can have harmful side effects if not monitored closely. Such drugs should not be taken with some other medicines. DrugWatch.com “is dedicated to educating the public about the details of prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as aiding in the protection of patients and consumers by informing them of any associated side effects and drug recalls that are instated.”

Fear of Flying Clinic - Held at the San Francisco International Airport (also other cities upon arrangement). Call 650-341-1595.

Fear of Flying Book - Captain Stacey Chance wrote Wings of Discovery. It is the first book to combine fundamental fear of flying lessons with an amusing adventure story.

Fear of Flying.com - Aka Soar Inc., this site is operated by Tom Bunn, an airline captain who is also a licensed therapist active in helping people overcome their fear of flying.

Fear of Flying Online Help Course - Captain Stacey Chance. Email: stacey40@pacbell.net. A free online course for overcoming your fear of flying. Developed by an airline captain, the lessons are interesting, informative, and helpful.

Fear of Flying PDF - A great 12 page booklet from Dr. Patti Levin on how to cope with the stresses and fears that can come with flying. Make sure your stocked up on printer ink and make a few copies for your friends. When you read statistics such as, "Fatality by airline flight is comparable to the risk of fatality by taking a bath." you should start to feel a bit more comfortable.

Fear of Flying Phobia - Rich Pantone. Email: pantone@gmail.com.

Several years ago I had a severe fear of flying, I flat out wouldn't get on a plane. Thankfully, I was able to successfully overcome my fear and now don't have a problem with it anymore. I still stay active in the fear of flying / anxiety community since it's something I'm still passionate about (you don't really forget how powerful a phobia is), and several years ago began assembling a free resource for those still having trouble flying. I interviewed various flight crew, including pilots, mechanics, flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and others and asked them to answer fearful fliers most common questions. It's something I'm very proud of. It's totally free for anyone who struggles with this fear (one in four people do).

Fear Free Flight - Anne W Tax, Licensed Psychologist, Bustleton Avenue Professional Building, 9733 Bustleton Avenue #2N, Philadelphia PA 19115; 215-887-7616; Fax: 215-887-9033. Email: info@fearfreeflight.com.

The Fearless Flyer's Handbook - The web site for the The Fearless Flier's Handbook: Learning to Beat the Fear of Flying With Experts From the Qantas Clinic by Debbie Seaman.

Federal Aviation Administration - It tracks accidents and incidents that occur with U.S. airlines or over U.S. air space.

Finally Fearless - Justin Weinraub. Email: info@finallyfearless.com. Worried about flying or terrorism? Whether you've got a severe phobia or you're just a little white knuckled, learn how to become a more comfortable flyer from the author of Go from Worried about Dying to Excited about Flying.

FlightHelp - For people who need immediate counseling for fear of flying problems.

Fly Fear Free - This web site for fearful flyers, operated by Capt. Glenn Burns, has run courses for more than two years. Email: nofear@bestnet.org.

Flying Anxiety - Dedicated to helping people with flying anxieties. Offers a DVD for sale to help you overcome your fear of flying.

Flying? No Fear! - A book by Captain Adrian Akers-Douglas and Dr. Goerge Georgiou and published by Summersdale in the United Kingdom. Also available in the U.S. for $9.95 via most bookstores. Order now online at Amazon.com.

Flying Without Fear - They sell a book called Flying Without Fear. This site has the biggest and most comprehensive help for anxious flyers, with 80 pages of free help: audios, quizzes, video clips, podcasts, hints and tips.

Forgione's Internet Workshop - Led by psychologist Al Forgione. Group sessions via the Internet for $15.00 each. Phone consultations for $60.00 per hour. Home study course for $79.95. Call 617-437-1811.

Freedom from Fear Forever - An alternative technique from Dr. James Durlacher for eliminating fears, phobias, anxieties, addictions, self-sabotage, and post-traumatic stress.

Freedom from Fear of Flying Workshops - Offered by former PanAm pilot, T.W. Cummings. Cost: $400.00 plus air fare for the graduation flight. Call 305-261-7042.

The History of Flight: http://www.cheapairportparking.org/history-of-flight.htm

Hypnosis for You - Paul Howard. Email: Paul@hypnosis4you.co.uk. Offering clinical hypnotherapy for a variety of issues in the Wallington, Surrey area of the UK.

National Transportation Safety Board - Press release on airline safety.

Nervous Flyer - Email: Phil Sutton. Offers a program of strategies and relaxation techniques to conquer the fear of flying. The program was developed by a former sufferer.

Oxford Hypnotherapy - Email: ed@hypnos.info. Hypnotherapist from the UK offering help with fears and phobias including fear of flying. Self-help hypnosis tapes and cds available including Relax while You Fly, Supreme Relaxation, and Self Confidence.

Passenger Rights - If you have trouble with an airline, cruise ship, hotel, or car rental agency, fill out a complaint form here. It'll be forwarded to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Phobiaman - Features articles about phobias, a free 9-part minicourse that visitors can subscribe to, and details of 3-session phobia treatments.

Pilots & Mental Health - Make it possible for pilots to report their problems and get treatment early without job loss.

Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant's Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet - A book by Elliott Hester. Features in-flight fights, broken airplanes, intolerable co-workers, Mile High Club activity, airplane brawls, passenger stampedes, and more. Don't read it while traveling on a plane. Order now online at Amazon.com.

Plane Talk: Defensive Flying - This free brochure offers steps to take before your trip to avoide problems. Send SASE to U.S. Department of Transportation, C-75, Room 4107, Washington DC 20590.

Safe Goods Publications - Features the following books and tapes: Eliminating Pilot Error, The Backseat Flyer, and Human Factors and Pilot Error.

Smarter Living - Provides updates on travel safety.

Thairapy Workshops - Conducted by psychologist Glen Arnold. $149.00 (individual sessions at $100.00 per session). Call 714-967-0772.

The Ticked-Off Tourist - Read about other people's experiences with the idiosyncracies of travel.

Top 10 Air Traveler Safety Tips - Here are some of the best safety tips to help you survive airplane disasters.

21 Secrets to Stop Your Fear of Flying - This home study course by Susan Rose Pearson sells for $89.95. For more information, email: PhobicFlyr@aol.com.

2012 Futurology - Features two aviation books: Spirit & Creator and 2012 Airborne Prophesy.

Virtually Better - A virtually reality clinic that helps people get over the fear of flying.

Here's the web site for Amtrak, just in case you would rather travel by train - the safest way to travel long distance. Go to: http://www.amtrak.com. You should be able to book a passage on the train from their web site. Enjoy!

To research books that might help you understand the risks of flying and how to deal with your fears, check out Powell's Bookstore's Aviation Books.

In 1998 in the United States and its territories, 43,920 people died in transportation-related accidents. Aviation accounted for 683 deaths, with 621 of them in small, general aviation airplanes. More people were killed on bicycles (794), in recreational boats (808), and by walking in front of trains (831) than were killed in airplane disasters.

Remember: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. Air travel remains 21 times safer than driving in a car, according to the National Safety Council. A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that the chance of being killed in a commercial airline crash is 1 in 8 million.