Wheels up

The fear of flying is a very common phobia that can cause lots of turbulence in a person's life.

And it seems no matter how many times they hear the "flying is safer than driving" statistic, once they get near an aircraft, it's panic stations.

Dermot and Dave received a call from Eoin, who has found himself and his family in a bit of a predicament.

Eoin's wife Lou has a crippling fear of flying and with only a very small window of time before they jet off to Majorca, she needs help to be able to face a 4-hour plane journey.

The lads asked listeners, who may have been in the same boat (well, aeroplane actually), for their advice on how they conquered aviophobia.

'JD' recommends Michael Comyn's Fly Fearless course as a speedy remedy and phobia expert Brian Colbert offers some NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

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