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Do you fear when you fly? There's an app to help that.

Safety numbers need to increase in order to enable healthcare to do the same.  But a neat concept to address fear from Virgin.

jayparkinsonmd:

Virgin rocks.

Virgin Atlantic has had an amazing 98% success rate in curing fear of flying though its Flying Without Fear classes. These are seminars held throughout the UK that provide flight knowledge through a Q&A session with Virgin Atlantic flight crews, followed by a psychology session to make attendees aware of what makes them afraid and provide techniques to combat the fear. At the end of the day, attendees are taken on a short flight to try out their new knowledge and prove to themselves that they can fly without becoming paralyzed with panic. To reach a much larger audience, Virgin Atlantic has just released the Flying Without Fear app [US$4.99, iTunes Link]. While the app doesn’t include a visit from a flight crew or a psychologist, it’s designed to make the techniques that have been so successful in Virgin Atlantic’s in-person classes available to owners of the iPhone and iPod touch.

  • Reblogged from Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC
  • November 04, 2009, 5:54am

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Drew Weilage, I'm working to make health care better for patients. You can contact me at dweilage at gmail dot com. This is round two of my blogging life, the first being archived here.

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