Flight Simulator Benefits

The flight simulator is what makes this course unique. Designed to train airline pilots, these £10-million full flight simulators have also proved to be incredibly effective at helping nervous flyers overcome their fears.

Our experienced and sympathetic pilots will help you address your fears without you having to leave the ground. We’ll answer your questions, and help you to become more comfortable with the noises and sensations of flight, through explanation and repetition – but going at your pace. You can gain understanding and face your fear in manageable, incremental steps.

Full flight simulators are designed for training airline pilots, but they’re also a very dynamic and powerful tool for people who are afraid of flying. All your senses are engaged, which makes the experience very vivid and easier to retain and recall. We believe the simulator’s incredible flexibility makes it better for nervous flyers than a real aircraft.

The flight simulators we operate are not the kind you might see at an amusement park - those are designed purely to entertain people. Our full-motion Airbus and Boeing flight simulators are quite the opposite. They cost over ten million pounds and are used to train commercial airline pilots. All the sights, sounds and sensations are replicated with incredible authenticity, and you’ll feel as if you’re actually flying.

However hard we try to express just how realistic the simulators are, people are always amazed.

An Expert's Opinion

"In modern psychology it is well proven that the use of simulation can be beneficial in the treatment of fear. Although there may be clusters of similar concerns in people with a fear of flying, the features of each person's fear are unique to them. Individually, in a simulator you can target the unique and specific fears that they have. By gradually and repeatedly stimulating their reaction in an environment that is safe, people are able to slow down their reaction process. In this way they can re-learn so that it becomes a different experience. Gradual exposure and learning new skills afford the best chance of changing behaviour."

Professor Robert Bor
Clinical Psychologist
www.robertbor.co.uk