The Fearless Flyer

By: Your Hosts Grant Al & James
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  • Summary

  • Our podcast is for people who have a fear of flying or, an anxiety associated with being in an aircraft. In our first series (S1), we will take you from the basics about how an aircraft works with an insight as to what is happening and why during a flight, to the stuff you don't see behind the scenes. The aim is to remove the myth of flying and arm you with the knowledge to make you into a Fearless Flyer.
    We then run an episode we call S2 "Going on a Flight," explaining the preparation you should consider before a flight and, talking you through the process and the noises etc you will hear on an actual flight.
    We then move onto series 3 (S3), an on-going series discussing historical aviation events, what we learnt from these events and how these lessons were implemented into the aviation industry in order prevent them happening again. These historical lessons have made a significant contribution as to why the aviation industry is now so regulated and, why flying is one of the safest forms of transport today.
    You Hosts are James and Grant. James studied Aviation Management at a New Zealand University and is now employed in a commercial role for a major airline. Grant is a Boeing 777 Captain with a major airline in the Middle East, he spent the first 8 years of his career as an Aircraft Engineer before taking up flying full time. Previous aircraft Grant flew were the Boeing 757, 767 and 737, he currently has over 20,000 hours of flying time.

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  • S4 E1 Al interviews Grant

    S4 E1 Al interviews Grant
    Jan 15 2025

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    Hi Fearless Flyers, welcome to my new series on the Fearless Flyer Podcast, "There I was... with Al." I will be interviewing pilots about their aviation careers, their initial flying experiences and what they have experienced throughout their career, the lessons they have learnt and finally asking them what makes a good pilot.
    So join me, Allan, in the middle of every month for a new journey into the fascinating careers of everyday individuals who you rarely get to interact with behind that locked flight deck door.

    As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at:
    Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net
    Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod
    Facebook: The Fearless Flyer
    Instagram: FearlessFlyPod

    A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our podcast does not register in the fear of flying search options for Apple podcast users, the only way it can get recognised is with Apple folk providing reviews. Therefore, if you are enjoying the show, would you please be so kind as to write us a quick review. Your help is much appreciated.

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    45 mins
  • S3 E17 Situational Awareness around mountains Part 3

    S3 E17 Situational Awareness around mountains Part 3
    Jan 1 2025

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    Hello Fearless Flyers, we continue our discussion with Adrian about the disastrous effects of when flight crew lose their situational awareness, this time the aircraft had GPWS installed but it was still using basic GPWS, new technology that was available had not yet been mandated into the industry to save this particular flight. Let's listen to what happened as Don and his team that developed the GPWS probably looked upon this particular accident in frustration, in that the regulators were slow to implement their new technology.

    As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at:
    Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net
    Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod
    Facebook: The Fearless Flyer
    Instagram: FearlessFlyPod

    A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our podcast does not register in the fear of flying search options for Apple podcast users, the only way it can get recognised is with Apple folk providing reviews. Therefore, if you are enjoying the show, would you please be so kind as to write us a quick review. Your help is much appreciated.

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    30 mins
  • S3 E16 Situational Awareness CFIT part 2

    S3 E16 Situational Awareness CFIT part 2
    Dec 1 2024

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    Hello Fearless Flyers, we continue our discussion with Adrian about the disastrous effects of when flight crew lose their situational awareness, the good news however was that the regulators had sat up and mandated that new technology be applied to reduce this ongoing issue. And a brilliant avionics engineer Don Bateman and his team would ultimately come to the rescue.

    As per usual, you can contact us on email or social media at:
    Email: contactus@thefearlessflyer.net
    Twitter: @FearlessFlyPod
    Facebook: The Fearless Flyer
    Instagram: FearlessFlyPod

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    A request for help from Apple podcast users: Our podcast does not register in the fear of flying search options for Apple podcast users, the only way it can get recognised is with Apple folk providing reviews. Therefore, if you are enjoying the show, would you please be so kind as to write us a quick review. Your help is much appreciated.

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    30 mins

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