I do. I dread the possibility of sitting on a plane when it crashes and I've got a few moments to realise that I'm going to die a hideous death. Would it be a good idea to pay a few quid extra and be totally sedated for the whole trip so that if it crashes you'll know nothing about it?
2007-10-19 05:26:25 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
When you take out the first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes of the trip, you have a better chance of winning the Lottery jackpot than you do crashing on a developed country's airline.
It is much less likely and less painful than a major car carsh. do you fear that every time you drive?
2007-10-19 05:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by BAGOFSWAGS 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flying is OK. I use the time to read and do sudoku or whatever else I don't usually have a lot of time to do.
Do you drive cars or ride in them sometimes? The possibility of having a car crash is much higher than being involved in a plane crash.
I wouldn't want to be sedated for the flight because when you land you have to be by your senses to get around the airport and either get to your connecting flight or collect your baggage and get to where you need to go.
Don't worry! Nothing is going to happen. Just take along some good music (only listen to it when it's allowed) and/or a good book and you'll be back on the ground before you know it.
2007-10-20 02:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by winnie2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I did on the first flight after I was grounded, I was a little nervious about sitting in the back of the bus instead of driving it but that was more of knowing that I wouldn't ever be driving the bus again. Flying is reasonably safe way to travel its just that when a plane or train or bus crashes it is big news and we hear about it and go "Oh my God!", but really most people run a greater risk on the way to or from the airport than they do flying.
2007-10-20 04:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by Dangermanmi6 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I love flying, I wouldn't get on a plane until two years ago because I was so terrified of what might happen, but my friend in Dublin was involved in a bad car crash and my only option of getting there was by air, I so wish I had got on a plane years ago now as I love it, been to Australia twice this year and would fly every single day if I could.
2007-10-20 12:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of it this way,
If your plane is going to crash you will usually have about 20 seconds of free-falling out of the sky, this will give you a weightless felling and would feel like the best roller coaster ride you have ever been on. 20 seconds later you would slam into the ground and it would be all over, no pain.
Enjoy the ride I say.
Just on a note, when your next flying – be sure to sit BEHIND the wings, if you get sucked out you don’t want to be sitting in the front, you’d be sucked into the engine. lol
2007-10-19 07:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mike C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate flying, I'm not bothered if it crashes because you are going to die if that happens. I hate the loss of control and the fact that I've got to sit in one place for most of the day. I get tranquillisers from my doctor that knock me out for the whole trip. When we land I feel refreshed and ready to go. It's the only way to travel.
2007-10-20 06:46:46 · answer #6 · answered by happy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I love it. I remember my first flight though. It wasn't helped by my mum trying to holdd my hand and my dad commenting that if we don't take off soon, we'll end up in a hedge.
If it makes you feel any better, it's been proven that unless you were extraordinarily unlucky, you'd have to fly non-stop every day for your entire life to actually crash. Planes barely ever crash. Think about how many planes take off each day. How many crash? Probably about 0.0000001%. Stop worrying!
2007-10-19 05:42:50 · answer #7 · answered by AJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also loathe flying and especially take off and landing. I have at least two full blown panic attacks on every flight. Bachs Flower Remedies "Rescue Remedy" does help a bit. I was on a return flight from Zante in 2005 and it nearly landed and then got hit by violent turbulance and had to take to the skies again (horrific) and the feeling of being out of control and thinking I was going to die, will never leave me. I also have a recurring dream and I am watching a plane take off. It gets high into the sky and then plummets to the ground and explodes - horrible nightmare. I had the dream just this morning, prior to alarm going off. You have my profound sympathy. I think fear of flying impacts most profoundly on control freaks (like me!)
2007-10-19 05:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just have a few drinks before you board and you'll be OK. That's what I used to do when I was younger.
I used to hate flying but know I just see it as a means to an end. Besides you have more chance being killed in your car than in a plane crash. Sorry, but it's true.
Take care.
2007-10-19 05:35:22 · answer #9 · answered by Woosie 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only becausd it is so boring. I have done so many long haul (12+ hrs) flights & there is a bizarre phenomenum in which time when you are flying goes at half the speed to normal time so a 12 hour flights feels like 24!
2007-10-19 05:32:46 · answer #10 · answered by FC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋