7 days to your flight · Day 5 of 7

Day 5: Weather, delays and detours, and why they're good news

Thunderstorm avoidance, lightning protection, windshear alerts, de-icing, holding patterns, go-arounds and ground stops. The things that delay you are the system being careful. Plus a grounding skill for every kind of waiting.

About 20 minutes. Breathe first, 5 minutes.

1. Reframe: a delay is a decision

When a flight is delayed, or does something you didn't expect, anxiety reads it as "something is wrong." Today you'll practise a different reading: a delay is someone deciding to be careful. Almost every delay, detour, hold or go-around has a rule behind it, and that rule exists because someone, somewhere, chose safety over schedule. Nervous flyers often find the waiting harder than the flying, so today also gives you a skill built for waiting.

The full program

Days 3–7 and every extra, $29 one-time

  • Days 3–7: sounds and sensations, the people watching over your flight, weather and delays, a full rehearsal, and flight day
  • 9 guided audio walkthroughs, including a 2-minute takeoff track and a "turbulence right now" track
  • A printable one-page flight-day plan
  • The after-your-flight check-in and "plan your next flight" step
  • All the audio saved to your in-flight pack, so it plays in airplane mode

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