Any bad fliers

Pilots apparently say that the riskiest part of their job is driving to the airport as in the sky they are with professionals

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mind you I am unable to sleep on a plane as its only my force of will thats keeping it aloft :-)

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Dav the wheel nut said:
ZermattV said:
The statistics are that you are in a very safe place it makes the news when there is an airline accident because it is so rare
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.........and you don't get 300 people killed in a car accident :)
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No but 1,730 were killed and 23,500 killed or seriously injured last year on UK roads. Mostly 1, 2 or a low number at a time so it only makes local press.

There are 100,000 flights per day globally and the odd crash every few months, so run some stats on that :)
 
I fly a lot with business now, but have definitely had bad spells in the past. When I've felt uneasy I just watch the flight crew laughing and chatting away. Even if they're faking it, it's very reassuring. Just check SWMBO doesn't misinterpret what you are doing...
 
I was in a connecting flight last year and the pilot on take off said it would be very bumpy take off...it indeed was pretty bad. He then levelled out at altitude and turned off the seatbelt sign...cabin crew got up to to their initial checks, and the plane lurched an dived violently (ish) the cabin crew girl next to me just jumped to the floor and them got up after a few seconds...everyone like wtfffff???!!!

Pilot calmly says 'and that ladies and gents it how it feels to fly through another aircrafts wake'

I felt like maverick going through his jet wash

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I used to hate flying, largely because I hadn't done much of it.. at the mo I fly anywhere from 12,600 to 25,000+ kms a month and it's probably my favourite time spent at work. Like above, it's a safe form of travel (especailly coming from a biker) - I'm always fascinated by incidents and I think in my mind it makes me realise how unlikely a string of events is required for anything bad to happen, and how controlable even tricky situations are by pilots..

I always book the same seat of the plane at the back where less people are passing through (the crew actually know my name now :lol:) take a nice comfy full size pillow, window seat to lean on / peer out of and see the sights, good noise cancelling earphones and drift off. 9 times out of 10 I sleep for 3-4 out of the 5 hour flight, with the others spent drinking, eating and watching movies. pretty much 4 of my 5 fav hobbies :lol: Turbulence isn't anything to worry about really, it's just like a boat going over a rough sea.. it makes me sleep like a baby now!
 
Just came off a flight to Prague an hour ago, turbulance was not my main issue - the screaming baby right behind me was .... :cry:
 
Just came back from New York this weekend. After dozens of far east and Australia flights, anything less than 7 hours hardly seems worth sitting down. :lol:

if you hate flying, sleep is the best thing imho.
 
pvr said:
Just came off a flight to Prague an hour ago, turbulance was not my main issue - the screaming baby right behind me was .... :cry:
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Grrr - one of my pet hates on a plane. Should stick 'em in a cot on the wing. :lol:
 
I'm a slightly nervous flyer which was made worse by some violent turbulence on the way back from Dubai a few years ago passing over Turkey. I wouldn't say I'm phobic but I have a low-level anxiety that means I never relax enough to sleep, which is a real ball ache on long haul and it puts me off. I've bought some noise-cancelling headphones and I'll probably take a sedative or something similar next time I do it. I want to fall asleep on take-off and wake up on landing. The other main problem I have is extreme boredom, which being unable to sleep does nothing for.
 
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