The key to conquering the phobia lies in identifying the root cause ... and how these often had nothing to do with a plane at all. For example, they spoke of a person they had worked with who ...

Claire Howard's flying phobia was so severe she could barely set foot on a plane, but finally she set herself a challenge ...

and 2.5% have "what is classified as a clinical phobia." Phones can't connect to the ground network at high altitudes. The most important period for phones to be in airplane mode is during takeoff ...