She helped calm his fight-or-flight response.
A Delta Air Lines flight attendant is being praised for her compassionate response to a passenger who was freaking out at 30,000 feet. The empathetic deed was captured by a fly-witness and uploaded to TikTok, where it amassed over 3.3 million views.
“This flight attendant was remarkable,” gushed the video’s poster within the caption. “The guy in front of me was having an anxiety attack, and she or he sat with him and talked him through it, absolutely amazing.”
The footage, taken on an undisclosed flight, shows the composed crew member kneeling in front of the nervous flyer as she walks him through some calming techniques.
“Close your eyes, breathe through your nose 4 times,” the crew member instructed while demonstrating the respiration method. “Now, very slowly let it out.”
The video went viral with many commenters lauding the air hostess’ try and chill out the person’s turbulent nerves.
“What a tremendous human,” said one impressed viewer, while one other wrote, “as someone who has panic attacks I really like this woman.”
It wasn’t long before word of her mile-high meditation therapy reached the lady’s family with a commenter claiming to be her son, writing, “That’s my mom! She’s been a flight attendant for years, but greater than that, she’s all the time been someone who genuinely cares about people.”
“Helping others is just who she is so proud to see the world recognize that!” he added.
The video poster responded, “She was amazing! Kudos to your mom I told her on the flight how amazing she is. I hope she feels the love.”
Meanwhile, a fellow Delta flight attendant pledged to send the clip to their Atlanta base manager “so she will be able to get recognition.”
Delta representatives told the Post, “The actions of this flight attendant represent the Delta Difference and are an ideal example of why our 100,000 employees are one of the best within the business at taking good care of our customers every single day.”
In response to the Cleveland Clinic, around 25 million people adults within the US suffer from aerophobia or fear of flying.
Specific triggers entail all the things from take-off and landing, thoughts about crashes or other disasters and, after all, turbulence.
These fears can prompt the person to avoid flying altogether or experience panic attacks before or during flights, as was the case with the aforementioned flyer.
In September, a Ryanair flight attendant shared tips about how nervous flyers can remain calm during turbulence.
These included using noise-canceling headphones, writing a listing of exciting activities that’ll occur upon arrival, and employing respiration exercises.
