“Is Turbulence Getting Worse?” + Asking A Pilot All Of My Other Fear Of Flying Questions

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Are you an anxious flier? Ease your anxiety with Kyle Koukol, Pilot and Founder of Dial A Pilot. Kyle explains why flying is not dangerous, the many procedures that pilots use to ensure safety, what’s really causing turbulence, and more. Kyle begins by addressing turbulence – what it is, why we are seeing more of it, and why it will never take down a plane. He also explains the technology that allows pilots to avoid turbulence. As a pilot of Boeing planes, Kyle explains why media concerns about Boeing vehicles are overexaggerated, and why pilots love flying Boeing models. 01:15 Altitudes & Turbulence 04:30 Climate Change & Turbulence 11:40 Thunderstorms, Freezing Rain, & Weather 17:50 Assessing Threats 26:15 How Pilots Prep For Accidents 31:49 Emergency Landings 38:11 Descending Safely 42:33 Pacific vs. Atlantic Flights 46:40 Pilot Training 52:54 Long Haul Flights 59:55 The FAA & Boeing 1:07:37 Air Traffic Control For more from Kyle, find Dial A Pilot at @dialapilot or www.dialapilot.com. Listen to the new Dial A Pilot podcast, From The Flight Deck. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody, or subscribe to her newsletter by visiting www.lizmoody.com. If you like this episode, check out Science-Backed Hacks to MAJORLY Reduce Stress When The World Gets Overwhelming or Everything You Need To Overcome Fear of Flying: From Demystifying Turbulence To Rewiring Your Neural Pathways. This episode is sponsored by: AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. ZocDoc: go to ZocDoc.com/LizMoody and download the Zocdoc app for FREE and book a top-rated doctor today. Puori: go to puori.com/LIZMOODY and use promo code LIZMOODY for 20% sitewide. Pique: go to piquelife.com/LIZMOODY for 15% off plus a special gift. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 284. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, folks, we've leveled off at 36,000 feet. Air traffic control is advised that it should be smooth
0:04.9	rides ahead, so the seatbelt sign is off. Is there any reason to believe that a discount carrier in the
0:09.9	U.S. or abroad would be less safe than a non-discount carrier? I don't recall a single time in my career
0:16.1	that I've ever rejected an airplane. You sit here and talk about all these things, but it just, it really doesn't happen very often. Big thing here is the turbulence is not going to bring an airplane down. It's not
0:24.7	going to break the airplane apart. The seatbelt sign is not something to be afraid of. I don't want to
0:28.8	sit in turbulence either, but it's not something that scares the pilots. And then I felt like
0:33.3	this whole system that I had counted on to protect me was no longer protecting me. I'm curious how
0:38.4	you viewed that as a pilot. Hello, friends, and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where every week
0:43.9	we are sharing real science, real stories, and realistic tools that actually level up every part of
0:48.8	your life. I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist. And as many of you know, I am a very
0:56.1	nervous flyer. I had to fly back and forth between my parents as a kid and I'd be like
1:01.1	screaming and crying on the plane and I guess that trauma just stuck. I still fly a lot and I'm
1:09.0	really intent on not missing out on a big, beautiful life because of my fears.
1:14.7	But those fears have been getting worse lately with all the stuff I've seen on social media and in the news about flying.
1:22.2	I feel like the scariest stuff makes its way online and then finds me because I watch that.
1:27.3	And then my algorithm's like, oh, you're interested in that. So I'm like, oh, finds me because I watch that and then my algorithm's like,
1:28.1	oh, you're interested in that. So I'm like, oh, okay. So I know that a lot of you share those
1:32.8	fears and I want all of us to be able to live the lives that we deserve and to not let fear
1:39.2	get in the way. So I invited on Kyle Kokel, who is a flight instructor and a pilot for a major U.S. airline, where he flies mostly the international routes like over the Pacific Ocean.
1:51.6	And he flies on multiple Boeing jets, which I obviously needed to ask him about because I've personally been really nervous about Boeing.
1:59.6	And he was actually wildly comforting. He literally
2:02.8	puts his life in Boeing's hands all of the time. So definitely stay tuned toward the end of the
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