Taking his cues from Todd Beamer Jessica Wehrman, writing for Scripps-Howard tells about a new course to combat fear of flying.
When Don Detrich boarded an airplane a few weeks after Sept. 11, he expected to get some guidance from the airline on how to handle any dangers that might arise during the flight. But no help was offered."I did a little research to see if the airlines or government were planning to do that and the answer was no," he said.
Months later, Detrich's company, Flight Watch America of Sacramento, Calif., was training fearful potential passengers how to handle air rage, hijacking, emergency landings and medical problems.
Leave it to the private sector to come up with an airplane protection scheme that will work.
Most of the negative comments in the article dealt with overzealous passengers going too far. It seems to me that given the proper training, that possibility would actually be minimized.
Posted by Rich at February 21, 2002 7:13 PM