1.   Air traffic had plummeted as fearful fliers took alternate transportation or stayed home, and the economic damage threatened to extend to other industries.

2.   He claims that two out of three fearful fliers are helped by prescription drugs that reduce anxiety, such as Xanax or Ativan.

3.   He said he used to teach fearful fliers in group sessions, as most other aeroanxiety programs do.

4.   If a fearful flier is traveling with a companion, Bunn says that the companion should be educated to help them.

5.   Most fearful fliers get through airborne hours with varying degrees of ease, occasionally relying on alcohol, medication, an engrossing book or a chatty flight partner.

6.   Specialists in the fearful flier phenomenon say that proximity to a plane crash engenders heightened compassion and magnifies edginess.

7.   The SOAR, Inc. website offers a live chat between Bunn and fearful fliers every Wednesday evening.

8.   There are other fearful flier programs throughout the country.

9.   When I have fearful fliers on board, I spend time with them.