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Dave from MN

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Only been on a airliner once, for my honeymoon, and was one of the most nervous episodes of my life. Wife gave me a few shots to relax, but still, I'm a grown man. Hiring more of the work out here, and wife loves to travel, and wants me to as well. How the heck can a person get over the uneasy feeling (fear) of flying.
 
(quoted from post at 08:47:53 02/11/12) Only been on a airliner once, for my honeymoon, and was one of the most nervous episodes of my life. Wife gave me a few shots to relax, but still, I'm a grown man. Hiring more of the work out here, and wife loves to travel, and wants me to as well. How the heck can a person get over the uneasy feeling (fear) of flying.
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Like you, I've been on an airliner only once. I wasn't scared or nervous, but my ears hurt the whole time, and basically I just did not enjoy it. Now, with all the inspections and screenings and other BS you have to go through just to buy a ticket, There just ain't much chance anyone will ever convince me to get on an airplane again.

I've told the wife that I'll go anywhere she wants to go, as long as we can drive, and then only if I can sleep in my own bed every night.
 
If you find a way,let me know. One of my brothers had a small single engine plane. I went up twice,thought I might be able to handle it better the second time,but I didn't. Never been on a big one and don't intend to. I love to travel,but I always drive wherever I go. Guess if there's any need for the wife to go so far,so fast that she has to fly,she's going alone (again).
 
My late MIL wouldn't fly she was a pain in the butt having to take her by car. When she died in FL she was shipped back to PA in a body bag by airplane. My first airplane trip was when I was in the Army during the Korean War at Ft Bragg NC and they flew us to Ft Benning GA to jump school. My wife will fly as long as they don't hit any turbulent air. Hal
 
The simple answer is you and I should trade wives!
My first airplane flight was in a fairly fast(for a single engine) plane off my neighbors strip(pasture?) Good thing it was only ten minutes. My stomach was pretty tender when we landed. I had already started taking ground school with the guy(neighbor/retired dairy farmer/flight instructor)and thought- "what am I getting myself into"?
It just takes time and exposure. We have good equipment, a good system(albeit with less freedom every day) and good people. I know a lot of pilots, and each and every one wants a safe landing to end every flight. The statistics show all that.
 
Start the scotch, gin, whiskey, whatever before take off & keep 'em coming thru out flight....you won't be nervous.
 
Don"t have a good answer for you. First time I flew I loved it. Rough air does suck, and can give you motion sickness at times. Try staying up all night, then you will be so tired when you get to the plane you"ll fall asleep.

I fly all the time still. Use to weekly. The take off is just like a drag racing, 0-300mph. Then I kick back and read or snooze. In everything from single engine to 777s, and choppers.

Rick
 
(quoted from post at 08:47:53 02/11/12) Only been on a airliner once, for my honeymoon, and was one of the most nervous episodes of my life. Wife gave me a few shots to relax, but still, I'm a grown man. Hiring more of the work out here, and wife loves to travel, and wants me to as well. How the heck can a person get over the uneasy feeling (fear) of flying.
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Dave, where's she want to go? If it's driveable look at a smaller motor home with plans to hit a motel as needed for a night off. Off shore how about a cruise? There are ways around flying.

Now me I love to fly. I can afford lessons by not an airplane. If I could afford both I'd have my ticket.

Rick
 
I did a lot of flying in the Marine Corps, both passenger and crew member, and loved every minute of it. Of all the hours I've spent flying, military and civilian, I've never gotten tired of looking out the window of an airplane.

I also enjoyed flying as a civilian, but since the crazies took over ten years or so ago, with all the hoops you have to jump through at airports, plus being stuffed into a seat so you can barely wiggle your toes, it just isn't fun anymore.
 
I wanna go to Australia. It's too long a trip for a trailer- should I take the bus or train?
 
I first & only airplane ride was in 08 . The wife & I went to Porta-Valaria Mexico for a week . I was neverous but enjoy myself . After seeing all the drug vs Politicia action there , I was glad to be home . The wife said she wanted to do more traveling . I said we can afford it . Well she said either we travel together or I travel with someone else . She left me in 2000 after 33 yrs of marriage & has travelled with a low life . Ya gotta listen to those words closely . God bless, Ken
 
I worked in the aircrft industry for 34+ years (propulsion engineer) and your problem is not uncommon.
Some phsycologists offer classes to help people deal with the "fear of flying". With their help you"ll figure out why you find flying so fearful and learn how to deal with it. If you live in or around a big city there is sure to be someone who offers this. You might try calling or emailing customer service for an airline that serves your area and ask if they can recommend someone to help you.

Airline travel in the US and the EU is about the safest form of transportation there is-several orders of magnitude safer then driving your car around on freeways or in major metropolitan areas.( The last statistics I saw was that 70,000 people are killed each year on US roads. Several hundred people are killed in airplane crashes,WORLDWIDE and if you take general aviation out of the picture, that number drops to something 100-200 and some years it"s zero. My point is that flyng is relatively safe.)Once you get ino the third world, you need to be a bit more picky about who you fly with. I"m sure that you can find safety ratings for various airlines on the web if you do a google search.
Modern airline travel is not as "nice" as it used to be since deregulation because of the "cattle car" mentality that has brougt the price of flying down. 9/11 events that make security an added issue to deal with didn"t help either. But it certainly isn"t a dangerous way of traveling especially for long distances.

So don"t sit there and let life pass you by due to unwaranted fears.
 
you are 62 times more likely to die in a car accident on your trip to the airport than in a crash on an airliner. Your not safe till you get on the plane
 
I think you should take some tranquilizers and fly away. I have been a pilot for over 60 years and have had several incidents but being on an airliner is probably 1000 times safer than driving to the airport in your car. We kill about 40,000 people in cars every year, about half by drunk drivers and only about 600 in airplane accidents including small aircraft( mostly by stupidity of the pilot, choose wisely) The pilots of commercial aircraft have far more training than the average car driver. Sit back, have a scotch neat and enjoy the scenery
 
There are a million cars or wheels or people on the road, then there are to (( one air plane, ))
that is a very poor comparison.. can't you come up with a good comparison.
 
I would say you don't have a fear of flying as much as you have a fear of dying. When you get over the fear of dying the fear of flying will be gone. Flying is the safest mode of travel. Much safer than driving a car to the neighbors.
 
Just do it more! I bet a lot people are going to think cruise ships are dangerous now. Flying is the safest form of travel and the fastest. It takes a lot of hours to become a commercial airline pilot and aircraft are inspected all the time. If there's places you'd like to see but pass on because you have to fly, you're really missing out.
 
Flying does concern me a bit but it's never stopped me from going up. Been in everything from an ultralignt flight over the farm to a little piper warrior on a 1600 mile bouncy round trip to a big whatever it was on an overseas flight and it seemed I was just as concerned on the big plane as I was on the little one. If it falls out of the sky the result is the same. Jim
 
During the "War To End All War", the pilots would take a good stiff swig of brandy before going up. It increased their "intestinal fortitude" in several ways, not the least of which was to forestall the effects of inhaling too much castor oil from the rotary engines so they could get the entire flight in before having an "accident". (;>))
 
There are many statistics to prove what I said. Not sure of the number but it srtikes me the number of aircraft in the air at any given moment in the US is some around 3000 commercial and lots of general aviation. Miles traveled per [passenger etc. I know whereof I speak. Look up the statistics before you say something stupid.
 
It can make you anxious, there is no doubt, being comfortable with flying or not. I used to fly out west quite often, in the mid 90's, was not afraid of it, nor heights, and realized that when I got to my destination, there are so many places to see and things to do. Had I let any fear of flying get to me, I'd never have been able to ski Purgatory, Telluride, and Wolf Creek in Colorado. Nor would I have seen the Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, most of Arizona, southern California etc., + all the stops in between. Having flown to Albuquerque, then driving to the rest of those places, spent more time seeing and doing than driving, kind of makes a few hours in the air worth it, besides the odds are with you.

I had serious reservations after 9-11, because I was a few blocks north of the WTC when it happened and saw things that were difficult to comprehend. Following that terrible event my job required quite a bit of travel and the first time I got on a plane again, it just created a lot of anxiety, anticipation and the like. I can see where a mild sedative, maybe a couple of belts of a favorite liquor or something like a Xanax would have easily helped me get over that particular hump, yet I did none of those things, Xanax would have been a good choice seems to work well on me per doctors instructions in times of high stress. That take off was very stressful, lot of things in my recent memory that were hard to deal with, but once in the air, I relaxed and came to grips with it be it. Vacation or work, I concentrated on those things, plus observing out the window, I love doing that even at night, relaxes me to see all the lights, places and so on. Mindset was I have things to do, places to go, people to see, why worry about the minute chance of a problem in flight, and if there was a situation, none of this matters anyway, so what is the point.

Might take a little pushing yourself, and some help from the wife, jump in there and get it done, the next time won't be as bad.

I have not flown in several years, I'll go through it again I'm sure, its all in yer head is what I like to say LOL !
 
I never have and never will fly in a plane where I cannot see who's driving (or flying) - and have no idea who the last chump was that serviced the engine. I've got a fear of being in any machine where I can't see the idiot who's in control - or lack thereof. I have flown in small two-passenger planes and a few military rigs. Flying doesn't worry me near as much as incompetent people do.

Yes, I've heard all the silly statistics about flying being safer then being in a car. I don't care about those idiotic numbers. At least in a car - I've got control over how I drive, how I choose to avoid others and what kind of mechanical shape my rig is in.

To me it's the "sheep syndrome" with the many that fly carefree. I'm not that trusting. Besides, I have no need to ever fly anywhere.

Air travel (mostly frivolous) is close to the number problem with fuel waste and emissions in the world. Yet - the Feds keep trying to tell us what sort of "efficient" cars to drive.
 
I am not afraid of flying, only falling.

The statistics say that you are much safer flying. But.....If the engine conks out on my truck I just pull over to the side of the road. In a plane you just fall.....gliding.....hard landing.
 
(quoted from post at 09:36:19 02/11/12) I think you should take some tranquilizers and fly away. I have been a pilot for over 60 years and have had several incidents but being on an airliner is probably 1000 times safer than driving to the airport in your car. We kill about 40,000 people in cars every year, about half by drunk drivers and only about 600 in airplane accidents including small aircraft( mostly by stupidity of the pilot, choose wisely) The pilots of commercial aircraft have far more training than the average car driver. Sit back, have a scotch neat and enjoy the scenery
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If being ON an airplane is 1000 times safer than driving TO the airport, I guess that means I should just AVOID airports completely? :lol: :D 8) :eek:
 
The fear is just your natural sense kicking in. You're in a man-made aluminum tube, six miles above the ground going 500+ miles an hour. People SHOULD be scared!

Now with that said I can tell you some things since flying is my 9 to 5. Looking past all the Gee-whizardry changes in cockpit displays, airliner systems are basically the same layout as were 40 years ago. What this means is that we are using mature technology for the part that keeps you up in the air. All the kinks have been worked out. Reliability is very good.

There's a lot of oversight on the operation. You have two pilots up front, both equally trained in normal and emergency procedures, one doing the flying and one doing the talking (they swap roles on each leg or turn). They worked with a dispatcher on the flight plan, making sure there's plenty of fuel and checking the weather and contigency plans. During the flight ATC is coordinating with other air traffic and looking at the "big picture" too.

There's so many people looking and watching and checking that you catch errors or see them coming and deal with them before they become a problem.

Some other things you could do: Bring a dvd player and a favorite movie to distract you. Deliberately show up at the airport tired and you'll likely fall asleep on the flight (bring a small pillow). If you connecting flights or have to change planes at a hub airport be sure and book flights that give you enough cushion so you don't have to rush. I recommend about 3 hours between if the schedule allows.
 
I would think that a "real" comparison would be like......40k deaths at X billion miles on US road ways. And 600 deaths at X billion miles in the air. If you set it up like an equation you could get a better accuracy something like, .23 deaths per 100k miles on the roadways and .05 deaths per 100k miles in the air or something like that.
The NTSB might be able to give you a real number, not likely they are a government entity and cant do anything intelligent.
 
I ain't afraid of dying - just don't want to be there when it happens. . .

I rode several hours in one helicopter, and about an hour, on a severely windy day, in a little bitty plane with fabric covered wings.

Thank God my wife cares nothing about travelling!
 
Not my favorite thing but you can't drive across the ocean in a car.I used to have a pretty good fear.I overcame it by taking helicopter flight lessons.Go take some lessons in a small plane.It is fun and you will understand more about how it all works.

Vito
 
On a clear day the scenery can be fantastic! I try to get a window seat away from the wing so I can see the ground. I also avoid the rear seats because of engine noise on some planes.
 
Never had a problem flying. Except once on the way to Hawaii. Had my wife on my right and some young girl on my left. Young girl kept falling asleep. Mostly on my shoulder.......

After a while and all the glares from the wife we finally made it there, young girl woke up and said sorry. I just said "Been nice sleeping with ya." Young girl turned red and wife actually laughed.
 
Nice post....Who do you fly for?



I am a Captain for a major airline here in America.... In my 30 years I have never had a major emergency or really felt afraid. Our training is top notch. If you have the time stop by the cockpit and telll the pilots that you are a bit afraid to fly. They will most likely let you look inside and ask any questions that might help take away some of your fear. I go to refresher training every 9 months-4 days of regs, airplane systems review, and 2 full days of simulator training handling just about every type of emergency you could imagine. I have to get a physical exam every 6 months from a FAA approved DR. who is trained to look for pilot specific health problems. I can't just go to any DR and get meds for a problem like you can. It has to be checked and approved by the FAA and monitored by a FAA DR. I get random checkrides by both the company and the FAA without any notice-imagine going to the local Farm and Fleet and as you open the door to your car a State Trooper asks for your drivers license and medical proof that you are healthy from an approved DR within the last 6 months. He says, "I'm going to ride with you for the next 2 hours to make sure you are fit to drive." You cannot deny him a seat in your car and must answer any and all questions about the vehicle, rules of the road, weather, and state policy on operating your vehicle. If he thinks you are not fit to be in charge he leaves you at the Farm and Fleet and takes your driver's license. You not only can't drive but you get no paycheck for at least 2 months, probably longer.
In short what I am saying is, we are regulated, trained and checked more than even the Doctors who do open heart surgery.

If you want to ask some specific questions or would like to talk about it...let me know. Don't miss this time of your life with your wife....you CAN get passed this

Skybow
 
Friend of mine had that problem. Went out to a small airport. Talked to some of the owners. They let him sit in their planes to get used to them. Took him on a few trips on the taxi way until he got used to moving. Then one guy took him on a flight. Let him take the controls when they were up. After awhile he got over the fear.
 
How far did you get with the lessons? That's really my dream, to get a rotary wing rating. That was my first time aloft- as a youth- at the infield at the NYS fair- in the 60's.
 
I"ve flown twice. From Toronto to Calgary and back. I was nervous but not really scared. Got scared when the turbulance started. Not something that I want to do again unless I need to go somehwere in a hurry. I much prefer to drive, way more to see that way, and I feel safer.
 
I enlisted in the Army Airborne, never having been in a plane. Had numerous flights since as a civilian, but I still have 22 more take-offs than landings. Daughter already has a margin of 15. Regarding "trying out a small plane first"- they are more affected by turbulence than a jetliner. Bigger is smoother. A good book may make it more comfortable, and use up time.
 
I understand that fear of flying myself...although I'd LIKE to think I'm over it. First time I ever flew, I won a trip from GM for a weekend at Lake Tahoe. My wife had never flown either, and I had to be the "brave" one of us, just to make sure she even got on the plane at all. Despite what she saw, I was petrified.

Thinking back, I look at it now as a test of my faith. I don't know how religious you are, but I'm a man of faith. In my own case, I figure that if God wants to take me from this life, he'll decide where and when; my input in the decision will be minimal. I just have to trust Him that it'll all turn out as He promised in the end, and leave the details to Him. I figure that if we need to second-guess our God, we're probably giving our allegiance to one that's inferior, no one that's all-seeing and all-knowing. So I figure that if I trust Him that it'll all turn out OK,that takes away SOME of the fear; the rest of the fear is just something I'll overcome when I realize that everything WILL be all right in the end.

We take risks every day just by leaving the house. Flying is simply another of those risks. You could be run over by an 18-wheeler on any highway in America at any time, but we still take THAT chance.
 
You could go by pony. Leno asked people last week which two states were connected by Pony Express- one guy said, Alaska and Hawaii?
 
Go first class and get the private room.
I've taken it only twice - both on the Empire Builder from St Paul to Seattle or Portland OR.
I loved it.
I don't much care to fly either. Haven't been on a flight since 95 or so.
 
You and Henry O are correct. Flying on a commercial jetliner is about 50 or a hundred times safer than being in an automobile on the highways.
 
To me it's one of those things you just have to get used to.

I used to fly a lot for work, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't white knuckled on more than a few flights through heavy turbulence.

I also flew every week between worcester, ma and Newark NJ. Just a short hop - but it was always on a small turboprop.

Funny thing with those small planes, it's the cloudy gray sky days that are usually the smoothest flights, but when you have a hot spring day with clear skies, watch out.

The sun heats the ground and causes INSANE turbulence.

On some of those flights, it was so bad you HAD to stay buckled tightly into your seat - a loose lap belt would hurt. You wouldn't even THINK about trying to stand.

But taking off was the best part, because you knew no matter how much slamming around you did, at least the pilot could recover and flatten out again.

It was the landings through that stuff that scared the living ()*#$# out of me.

This is back in the days where they'd keep the cockpit door open so you could see what the pilot saw.

You come in and the plane is shaking so bad it's like being in an old pickup truck with bad shocks coming down a rough trail at 75mph.

Banked hard right one second, hard left in a flash - it was absolutely crazy. The plane would suddenly drop 50 feet the blink of an eye, leving the contents of your stomack two feet over your head - then rise back up just as quickly.

The runway is way off to one side, we'd be coming in practically sideways.

The whole time you're thinking there's NO )#$#)(#$ WAY this guy can get this on the ground safely.

But an odd thing occurred to me - the yoke - or "steering wheel" or whatever you call it in a plane - were shaped like motorcycle handlebars.

I found that very re-assuring that these planes were actually BUILT for this kind of crazy turbulence. The pilot could hang onto that "handlebar" and just brute force our way down to the ground.

I don't know why I found that so reassuring - but for some reason it was enough to relax me.

Plus you do it a few dozen times and you start to realize it just comes with the territory. These guys know what they're doing, and these planes can take a BEATING.

Moral of the story is - I think you really have to go through a few rough rides to build up a tolerance for flying.

What makes it so scary is YOU are not in control. But if you can at least experience a plane being pushed to its limits (or greater limits than you're used to), you do start to build up a level of trust.

Another trick for me - somewhere I heard that, say, 80% of all airline accidents happen within 20 seconds of take off. (probalby 1000% wrong on that statistic, but don't tell me if I am)

As soon as the wheels leave the runway - count out 20 seconds. If you make it that far, you're home free.

(at least till the landing) : )

On the landing - remember that once those flaps go up on the wings - they have an AMAZING amount of control over the plane. It's rougher and bumpier, but the plane is MUCH more controllable at very slow speeds.

Keep those things in the back of your head and it'll be a more pleasant experience.
 
Flew on the Ford Corporate plane quite often. It was a turboprop and I think it had square wheels for landing gear. The propeler blades must have been different lengths also as it vibrated so much the window shades would not stay up. Kiss the ground when getting off that one.
 
I have four take offs and landings on the USS SARATOGA CVA 60. All in prop jobs. My first landing I was sucking up seat when I thought I heard the engines quit.
 
I love to fly. When I was in Germany I got a chace to fly in the helcopers many times, then they started falling out of the sky the first one killed abunch and the next one a few more so I figured I was not going to be in the next one. I flew in the company plans a lot and the last time when we landed in Holland Mich I think we came down the runway sideways becouse of the wind and the snow. I retired shortly after that. We went to Germany last years and I enjoyed the whole trip. When I was younger I always thought I would like to learn to fly.
 
I have one of these, don't know if it would help you or not. you fly slow and easy and miss nothin below you, you see every old car or tractor it the woods and then you're so excited you don't want to land.
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Reminds me of scene in the old "Laverne and Shirley"tv show.Shirley is trying to get Laverne on a flight to LA from Milwaukee.She says you seldom hear of head on collisons in the air.And Laverne replys,Yeah and you never hear about anyone falling fifty thousand feet out of a 49 DeSoto either! Guess i'm like Laverne.think i'll just stay on the ground.
 
I had not ever flown till Dec 2011. Son at Marine boot camp SanDiego Ca. I went to graduation, so flew from Abilene Tx to DFW to San Diego and back wasnt to bad. Proably do it again someday.
 
Bob,

Not as far as I would have liked.I have about 5 hours stick time in a Bell and another 5 or so in a Robinson R 22 which I liked flying better than the Bell.

I kick myself for not going further sometimes but thats how it goes.

Hope all is well

Vito
 

"- remember that once those flaps go up on the wings -"

UP?

Guess you don't look out the window, much JR. :shock:
 
I got over my fear of flying on my first flight. My buddy and I, just graduated from high school in the summer of 1959, had a yen to fly in an airplane. A teacher at our school had a son who owned a plane, so we arranged for him to take us up, for two dollars each. We drove over to Nacogdoches, Texas, where he kept his plane, a small two-seater, front to back. Piper Cub, I think. Wings and fuselage had a canvas exterior.

Now what we had in mind was to go up, maybe a couple of thousand feet above the ground, and leisurely circle around looking at stuff. My buddy went up first. When he got back he had a strange look on his face, but I was getting aboard and didn’t have time to question him.

We got up, dunno how high, and I was peering out my side windows, looking at stuff. That didn’t last long. At some point he started putting that little plane through its paces: he did loops, barrel rolls and dives. For the finale he drove the thing straight up until it stalled, then peeled it off into an assortment of moves---all of which felt to me like a crash dive. I have always considered it a matter of great pride and honor that I did not scream, cry or puke.

Since then flying has been a piece of cake; I’ve flown in King Air, Queen Air, Lear jets, Westwinds, open cockpit and C-135, plus the full range of commercial. I’ve even been up in the Goodyear blimp. Never been up in a copter, though.
 
Maybe sometimes it's in our chemistry. Marilyn has a hard time with any sideways or swirling motion. I've never been bothered except for one time when I was on a rough afternoon flight between Boise and Idaho falls. When I got out of the plane I felt kind of sick and thought I was coming down with something. Then I realized it was air sickness. Didn't last long. Jim
 
Dave,
I have been a instrument rated commercial pilot for over thirty years and I have had many with me who were afraid of flying. When I have someone who is apprehensive I always have them sit in the seat next to me so I can tell them what is going to happen before it happens. I am sure it helps when I tell someone that when I move this lever you will hear a hydraulic pump start, the gear will come up and there will be a little thump when the gear doors close. Also I like to explain to them that it is not the least bit necessary to be able to see out the window till we are down to our minimum descent altitude on final approach. A modern GPS panel is also wonderfull to be able to show someone exactly where we are, how fast we are going, when we will be at our destination, all the closest airports in case we would need to land sooner, live radar weather, any high terain within 200 miles and many more usefull things. Aviation will open up a whole new world to you if you just take the time to conquer this fear. I know that it is real and I wish I could help you. My e-mail is open if you have any questions and just remember that as far as being safe there are aprox four thousand IFR flights in the air at any given time in the US.
 
its just the sudden stop YA gotta worry about !...I have flown probably a hundrerd times ,, mostly inCessna 172,, If i had too , I could land the little fella and have taken off witha pilot teacher ,, never went for a pilots licsense ,,The more i learn about flyin the more danerous it seems to me ,,,IGNORANCE IS BLISS ,i flew the first time at age 6 at penny a pound days at the local airfield ,, LOV ED
IT is a UNDERSTATEMENT !,,went back on my bicycle to fly many times as a kid with neihbor kids ...acrobats flew above our place,onetraGic day he could not pull out and level off , pilot Died while his mother watched the entire mess !kinda sobered me toward flyin for a while ,,last time i was up in the cesssna was 2003,, over the last 30 yrs i have taken a jet to Hawaii , Alaska ,Sicily ,just to name a few ,, i have resolved that if God wants to call me in , There is little I can do to change that ,,, Always say a prayer ,, if you are near panic , your Dr can ive you something to relax your nerves ,, mite be a good idea to fly with a pal if you fly sedated ..
 
been flying since 1970, so I don't guess I'm that scared of it, the forced landings makes my palms swet!
 
I don't like it but I sat down and did some math. If you stick to the good airlines and the biggest jets (these are the safest in person - miles flying) a flight to europe had the same risk of being killed in a crash as 4 trips driving to town and back for an average driver.

Even if I'm an above average driver (don't we all think we are?) say 8 trips to town, for the same risk. I wouldn't think twice about the risk of dying from the car trips even though I was hit head on by a drunk on that drive once already. I figure grin it and bear it on the plane.
 
you aren't alone.

I do not fly.. period.

Was in a helicopter once.. that cured me.

If I ever have to fly for some compelling reason.. I may have to visit the dr and get a tranquilizer prescription for a couple pills just to get me to wherever, and then home.... it's the only way I can imagine stepping foot on a plane...ie.. get high.. before I get high.... so to speak...

soundguy
 
The only safe plane is the one on the tarmac, that is the extent of my flying, no interest, I can swim better than I can fly.
 
You might want to talk to your Doctor about a prescription for a few Valium. I had a lot of customers come into the pharmacy asking about the same problem you have.
If your leaving soon, just takes a phone call to the MD by you or pharmacist(if he knows the MD).
It is a good idea to try take one tablet at home to see how it affects you.
ps I have the same problem and it amazes me what one or two tablets will do to relieve anxiety and
fear. Being in my 60's and not flying very often may be a factor.
 
My brother is the only one in my immediate family that ever went up in a plane. Says
"never again" He was 16 at the time (1978), Going to Iowa had to change planes in Chicago,
Left in the morning,in Chicago in afternoon,That night on world news they showed a plane flipping over in flight and crashing ,Dad (a tough old bird)said Dave just died ,Ma went hysterical, we were so glad when Dave called that night about 9Pm. That plane that crashed was the flight going out just before his flight. The minutes waiting seems like hours.
Statistically flying is safer that driving, but I like being at ground level myself !!
 
Haven't flown in 9 years, now, but first flight was to boot camp in 1967. And then many flights in everything from an F-4 to a 747, and loved every minute of it. On a flight back from Ireland in the late '90's, flew back down the Susquehanna and right over the farm. Helluva neat sight to see the place from the air. Didn't see anything like it until I started playing with Google Earth!
 
I'm a Captain at a majorly big Regional carrier. Bases East, West, North and South. Canada, Mexico and the Carribean included...I'll let you do the math!
 
You should try banking in a no-door chopper coming in to a hot LZ while drawing AK47 rounds in the chopper bubble in Ashau Valley, Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam. Two door mounted 60 Caliber Machine guns rolling out 600 rounds a minute coming in. Been there, Done that. Now that"s flying. 101st Airborne, 1970. Heh Heh. No wonder I"m a little loose.
 
LOL I got many rides in the front seat of a Cobra when I was a young soldier, 10 feet off the ground at 100+ MPH! Man waht a ride! Then right before I retired I got to ride with a young guy flying an OH58 (bell ranger) cutting THROUGH tree lines! Guy was very good! Only flying I didn't care for was a trans Alantic in a C141 in trop seats, very long, very uncomfortable flight. Was never dumb enough to fall out of a perfectly good aircraft while in flight but love repelling out of choppers. Got a good freind who was airborne, says he never did jump.....but over 3 years was pushed 26 times.....

Rick
 
Statistics say more people die in car crashes then plane crashes,,,but statistics also say more people survive car crashes then plane crashes. I do not fly.
 
I've flown many times in all types of aircraft. Always enjoyed it but once the nnalert started blowing up planes, I give it up. They will definately do it one more time somewhere and I won't be on it when they do. The good thing about being six miles up is that unless the plane breaks apart you have a few minutes to prepare to meet your maker before you meet the ground.
 
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