Special Workshops
Along with becoming skilled in regulating mental and physical comfort while flying, clarifying misconceptions and learning the facts about various aspects of air travel can contribute to confidence. The following workshops, presented by professionals from key areas of the flight industry are designed to meet that goal.
Quiet Flying 2.0
This hour-long workshop for those completing the Core QF Course is an opportunity for graduates to interact and review QF strategies that were helpful and refine flight management skills.
A Pilot’s Perspective
This hour-long workshop represents an opportunity to learn about aerodynamics, pilot training, safety measures and unique flying events. A “Q & A” period will give participants a chance to address special concerns.
The Nuts and Bolts of Maintenance
This hour-long workshop will cover an area not often directly reviewed. How are aircraft consistently kept flight worthy, what are the training requirements for Techs, what are safety redundancies and what computer systems track service histories and alerts? An aircraft maintenance professional will answer these questions.
Keeping Everything Straight
At any given point in time, there are thousands of large commercial, regional and general aircraft aloft. With 500 major airports and over 5000 smaller airports, how is it all kept routinely organized? An Air Traffic Controller will review the systems and backups designed to integrate flight traffic and ground movements at airports during this hour-long workshop.
Getting Organized to Fly
Getting the word to “get on the next flight to... ASAP” alerts us to the basics for getting out of town. But the “devil is in the details” which we learn after we have landed. This workshop led by a Travel Consultant will review tips for being well prepared for a comfortable flight and a variety of activities upon arrival. Navigating various airports, efficient packing, helpful new products and managing transportation are among the topics reviewed.
Aeronautical Adjustment
While achieving emotional comfort is a key to adapting to an environment we aren’t inherently ready for, true aeronautical adjustment inevitably also involves a number of physical adjustments. This hour-long workshop, led by a medical specialist, will address physical changes associated with flying, & strategies for enhancing comfort and managing symptoms.
Commuting by Helicopter
Generally not a customary mode of travel but this mode of flying provides the speed and access other forms of travel can’t match. This workshop helps orient participants to what makes helicopter flying unique, the best way to adapt to this form of travel, how pilots are trained and helicopters maintained. A helicopter pilot will provide this important orientation.
Training and Consultation
Training and Consultation are available to businesses and organizations incorporating the QF principles and strategies found effective in making air travel more relaxing and trip outcomes more productive and enjoyable.
Building Biz Trip Resilience: Psychological Tools
This 2 Hour BTR Telecourse involves Individual instruction with Barry Giordano MEd, MSSS, LICSW designed to help business travelers create their own BTR Plan while they learn the skills needed to master the pressures often present prior to their business travel, the stressors connected with the trip itself and the challenges faced when they return to work and home.
Biz Trip Resilience
As Business Travel continues to be studied, it is clear that a substantial number experience a wide range of mental and physical difficulties which appear to increase as more biz trips are taken. BTR addresses this issue through workshops covering Stress Management, Nutrition and Exercise all leading to a Personal Biz Trip Resilience Plan developed to make business travel healthier and more productive.
Biz Trip Resilience For Travel Managers
Technological advancements have made it possible for companies and organizations to structure travel plans that lead to optimal results. Several studies over the past few years, however, have revealed that the more frequent the travel, the greater the risk of physical and emotional issues which adversely impact the outcome. BTR focuses on 1) identifying best practices for developing travel policies and procedures and; 2) providing biz travelers with the info & skills for healthy and productive trips.