“My friend MJ is deathly afraid of flying,” Steve Thorne explains in the opening of one of his more popular Flight Chops videos. He’s not embellishing her fear at all, as MJ becomes the ultimate pessimistic passenger the moment she simply sits in a cockpit to get a feel for the airplane. “That’s scary because it’s so close to my face,” she says of the instrument panel, “If we crash it’s like, forget my nose, forget my teeth.”
Flight Chops: Helping a Friend Overcome a Fear of Flying
Key Takeaways:
- A Flight Chops video features Steve Thorne assisting his friend MJ in confronting her severe fear of flying.
- MJ's intense phobia is vividly portrayed through her pessimistic reactions and colorful language during the flight experience.
- Despite a minor in-flight incident, the "pilot-therapist" approach was successful, leading MJ to later take a flying lesson.
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