“How many times have you declined to do something critically important, using the excuse that you are afraid of flying?”
I had to go to monthly meetings up in Boston. My team would have to get me drunk prior to getting on the plane. It’s no fun being drunk at 6:00 am after staying up all night too anxious to sleep. It took me many years to get over it and even now I take anti-anxiety medication when I fly.
While I sympathize with your plight, the experiences that you relate are very different from what we know of Ford’s behavior.