Pregnancy and air transport

Posted by admin | Risk Of Passengers | Monday 15 December 2008 8:37 am

Overall, companies refuse pregnant women beyond the 7th month … because of the threat of a sudden in-flight delivery (which could cause diversions)

But each company has its own rules (sometimes it is the 8th month)

The advice for pregnant women
Ask priority boarding
Request a side corridor to facilitate access to toilets
drink plenty of water (because the atmosphere of an airplane dehydrated.)
do not wear clothes that shake because the altitude is a little inflated members
try to walk for long trips to avoid the risk of phlebitis
no alcohol
if traveling by air pressurized, Do not for a flying at high altitude because your fetus could miss oxygen, especially if you are in the first trimester of pregnancy
Choose a flight early morning or late evening to avoid the heat. Compete well in advance to you to reach the airport, and you escape the stress of traffic, and the fatigue of an extended trip car
After the trip, remember to relax, to compensate for fatigue-related jet lag (more…)

How to overcome fear of flying

Posted by admin | Before Departure | Monday 15 December 2008 8:28 am

Many passengers are anxious to the idea of flying, called it “the fear of flying”

Yet:  
The aircraft is certainly a way to transport the safest in the world since we are not an accident by thirty year (more than 2 billion passengers a year

Nothing is left to chance in aviation (safety is never neglected in favor of economic considerations, checks are continuing, the techniques are continually evolving …)

The causes of this fear of flying:
The fear of crash: the patient is confronted by an anti-natural law: an airplane is heavier than air … in fact just watching the accident statistics to realize that the airplane is much safer … that the roads!
The claustrophobia and / or agoraphobia: the fear of feeling trapped and / or fear of not being able to move as they want. In this case for a small processing anxyolitique and place as close as possible to the emergency exit (more…)