Fear of flying.

[DOD]Asprilla;12744908 said:
In Soviet Russia the ground crashes into you.

No way in hell would you get me on an Aeroflot plane.
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Aeroflot aren't that bad to Europe where they use very modern Airbuses. It's non-western routes which are more fun. The Moscow - Delhi route is possibly the most painful route I've ever done. The Ilyushin jets feel like they're missing more than a few bolts.
 
z3b3dy said:
Aeroflot aren't that bad to Europe where they use very modern Airbuses. It's non-western routes which are more fun. The Moscow - Delhi route is possibly the most painful route I've ever done. The Ilyushin jets feel like they're missing more than a few bolts.
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Don't I know it.

In one of my previous roles I used to receive a monthly report of every aircraft incident for which an insurance claim was made.
 
Baplad said:
Planes are fun for small people.

When your 6ft 6 and they try and fit you in a seat with 3 inches of leg room, then you will start to hate flying.
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I hate that with a passion :mad:

Airlines need to realise that everyone isn't 5ft **** all
 
Personally I don't really understand why people are scared of flying, but I guess it isn't the most natural of things to be doing. Its a shame though as I think flyting is awesome haha. If you have any questions about it that I can answer to try and make you feel better then just let me know.
 
Blinkz said:
Personally I don't really understand why people are scared of flying, but I guess it isn't the most natural of things to be doing. Its a shame though as I think flyting is awesome haha. If you have any questions about it that I can answer to try and make you feel better then just let me know.
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I think it's the lack of control that gets me. I'm not a particularly good car passenger either, I find myself phantom breaking.

I used to love flying, get really excited about it. I wanted to be a commercial pilot, until briefly going blind put an end to that.

Then when I travelled a lot, working in Germany it became mundane. Just commuting really. I didn't even notice turbulance.

Few years ago I had a couple of really bad flights in a row and found that the next time I went to get on a plane I was actually really nervous, even though I'd done it loads of times before and knew all the statistics, etc. I couldn't sleep, concentrate on a book or a film; I would just sit staring at the map screen, which intercontinental really tedious.

Now I'm getting better again. I never let my fear stop me from flying, but it goes to show that just because you aren't scared of flying now it doesn't mean that it will always be that way.
 
Meh. Flying's a complete non-event for me on the danger scale. The odds are so astronomically low of something happening as to make winning the lottery look like a real prospect. With quite an extensive smattering of family over the US & Canada, we fly there annually at least, and usually take a few internal flights while we're there as well, and out of dozens of flights, we've had perhaps one, what you may call incident. Returning from Atlanta to Manchester in October 1999, the Delta Air Lines MD-11 we were onboard suffered an engine failure. One of three engines I might add, no problem at all really, it could have made the Atlantic crossing easily enough on two engines, but we were diverted to Bangor, Maine for 6 hours while the plane was checked over.

I know phobia's are irrational and all, but IMHO, statistically it's overwhelmingly the drive to the airport you should be sweating about.
 
Put it this way, the pilot is going to be just as peeved as you at the thought of crashing, so you can be pretty sure he is doing his best to keep you up in the air :p

Aided ably by some of the most rigorous safety checks of any mode of transport, and with some of the worlds finest computer guidance and anti-collision systems, backed up by a team of air-traffic controllers speaking to the pilots, monitoring with radar.

Flying is safe, crack on, enjoy your holiday, and mostly, stop being a big wuss!!
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Malt_Vinegar said:
Put it this way, the pilot is going to be just as peeved as you at the thought of crashing, so you can be pretty sure he is doing his best to keep you up in the air :p

Aided ably by some of the most rigorous safety checks of any mode of transport, and with some of the worlds finest computer guidance and anti-collision systems, backed up by a team of air-traffic controllers speaking to the pilots, monitoring with radar.

Flying is safe, crack on, enjoy your holiday, and mostly, stop being a big wuss!!
:D
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I can confirm this is most definitely the case! We have no urge to crash! And the very act of us saving ourselves (which we're trained to do and undergo lots of checks and re-training through out our career!) will mean that the passengers behind us will be safe too! :)

As Malt also said, the technology is very well designed with multiple redundancies and back up by extremely through maintenance schedules.
 
I put in between 40 and 60 flights per year with work. Despite a few turbulence situations and bumpy landings I feel much safer on a plane than driving along any motorway in the UK...
 
yep im about to get on a plane after 6 years which i had only been twice before. The problem for me isnt the flight, im fine with that but its the build up to it. As soon or even before getting tot he airport an im starting to feel ill and trying to think of things to read or take my mind of it. Ive got out of it for the last 5 years using the excuse that holidays are needed for the diy round the house but this time i cant. Its my moms 60th and they have just moved into their villa in murcia spain so its a suprise visit from the whole family.

I think it might help as i can talk to my bro or swap PSP games in the airport. And i am currently trying my hardest to convince myself that its just routine and such. So this time tomorrow i will be arriving at brum airport and hopeing it not too busy (shudeled flight 2pm take off). Lego indiana is going to help. :(
 
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