Dating back to a tense and terrifying trip to New York as a teenager, David Munro’s crippling fear of flying negatively affected his professional career and made foreign holidays a virtual impossibility.
Working in the telecoms industry in Inverness, David found attending conferences and meetings an ordeal.
His social life also suffered and an expensive stag do with buddies depressingly turned into a stag don’t as his phobia kicked in. ‘I paid lots of money to go to Portugal, got to security and... bottled it.’
With the intimidating prospect of a flight to attend friends’ wedding in Northern Ireland, David sought the help of the Personal Best team and psychologist Richard Reid.
Armed with Richard’s phobia-fighting techniques – and a large Scotch at the bar! – David made it on to the plane, into the air, and successfully over to Ireland for the wedding.
‘I didn’t like the take-off,’ he confessed. ‘I’m not going to lie!’
