Anybody else scared to fly?

[chuggs]

Sure...

Are you in the Tower or Approach Control?

I'll be in an AA B-737...and my real name is Charlie...

 

[Revvy]

Over the last couple days PhoenixCoyote and I have exchanged a couple PM's, and I gave him a prayer that we use for fear provoking situations. If I understand correctly, his flight may be over and he might be on the ground already.

Or he's coming in after midnight tonight.

He couldn't find a reasonably priced MP-3 player in Hawaii, so instead planned on downing a 6 pack of redstripe the night before his flight, hoping to get a good night's rest.

Any wonder if he did/will do this upon arrival?

 

[brewthunda]

I'm ok with flying . . but I once sat next to a woman who was terrified. She kept latching on to my arm every time there was turbulence. She told me that she hated the turbulence because she could feel the airplane falling out of the sky every time we dropped a bit. I realized that she actually thought that when she felt that sensation, she thought the airplane was losing its grip on the air and just free falling to earth. I told her that the airplane is still flying just fine, but since air currents are going up and down and all around, the airplane moves with the currents and it feels like the plane is in trouble. It's like sailing down a winding river - with the boat just following the winding current. Once she got that into her head she was able to relax.

So I don't know if that's an issue for the OP, but if so, just keep in mind that the airplane is still flying just fine when you feel turbulence.

 

[Evan!]

I fly with my boss in his Cessnas all the time (Skyhawk 172 XPII and Centurion P210). After being in the little 172 and staring into a mile-high wall of black that is a thunderstorm cell, and getting bounced around like a kite in a wind tunnel for 2 hours straight, getting on a big airliner is like stepping into a flying hotel.