Sometimes in life you chance upon someone who has a passion for what they do and who genuinely cares for the people they aim to help. Mak is one of those individuals. If you do get the opportunity, then I would recommend the Full Motion Experience whether it is for some therapy time or just sharing the experience of what it would be like to handle the controls of a passenger aircraft.
Unfortunately, I have suffered with anxiety for most of my adult life and generally avoid holidays which involve flying, seeking the easy option where I can to holiday at home in the UK.
When I have flown in the past, I have attended BA Fear of Flying courses to help me as part of my “reassurance” routine before taking the holiday flight proper. These courses do help, and I would recommend trying one however, you are part of a much larger group of people all with similar issues. You tend to feed off one another’s fears and you do not pay much attention to your own. It is easy for you to look to someone else who is suffering more than you and to think to yourself “I am not that bad after all”. You let the course carry you through without fully addressing your own issues.
This is where the one-to-one flight simulator experience is different. Mak will help you rationalise your flying fears (whatever they may be) and will help you understand them. In my case he told me within 10 minutes of us meeting that I did not actually have a fear of flying and that the problem was me!! There I was slaughtered by his words in front of my smiling wife who was enjoying the moment much more than me. He explained in a concise way that I was the problem and that I needed to let others take control and stop avoiding the fear.
The simulator was just a small part of the whole experience, but it enables you to address each concern that you may have with flying and to repeat them if necessary until you have finally processed them.
With Mak’s expert knowledge you can compartment those fears until you accept and understand them. As an example, I asked Mak to simulate severe turbulence, something that a fear of flying course would not do. We’ve all heard the stories of how bad it is and then fear it without actually experiencing it. That is where the simulator was able to demonstrate the perceived event in a controlled environment. You realise it is not as bad as rumour might have you believe.
I attended the course with my wife and daughter who both have no such problems. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves having fun at the controls.
If you, like them, just want to experience something that we do not get the chance to do then I would recommend this as an experience you can share with others.
Like other reviews I am truly grateful to Mak and do hope that he can make a difference in your life as he has in mine. We flew to Tenerfife shortly after the course and laid some demons to rest.
