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Fear of flying?

  • 20-12-2009 5:29pm
    #1
    CaptainSkidmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭


    Ive always loved flying but in recent months ive started dreading it. any time im over or back to schiphol its a really bumpy ride and i find myself clinging to the seat more and more.

    All i can imagine is the plane breaking up mid air.

    Its really starting to get to me :(

    ps: our Female EI A320 captain made great landing in schiphol today despite the snow!


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  • #2
    highlydebased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,475 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Have a look at some of the aircraft stress test videos on youtube or on some DVD's available- turbulence looks nothing in comparision

    Also I find the fact that crews themselves generally don't bat an eyelid at turbulence etc somewhat reassuring! (Odd, I know!)


  • #3
    *Kol*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    I dont want to make it worse for you but you have to resign yourself to the fact that if anything bad happens it it totally outside your control. But be reassured with the fact that the chances of anything happening are slimmer than slim. How many planes have ever broken up (that's not an invitation to anybody to produce a list of all the aircraft that have ever broken up in mid air) compared to the millions of flights that have been performed? you can look at it from that perspective if it's any comfort. Neon Circles is right in saying that crew dont wory too much about turbulence. I stood (hung on for dear life) in the cockpit doorway of a B737 recently going through quite heavy turbulence and my conversation with the crew never missed a beat!!


  • #4
    pclancy
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    Get a flying lesson! When you have the controls in your hands and the tiny plane is bouncing all over the place it feels a lot different.

    Imagine the bumps in the plane are just like bumps you feel driving over a gravel road, its the same principle. Rough and disturbed air in bad weather is just like the gravel roads of the sky.


  • #5
    CaptainSkidmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭CaptainSkidmark


    pclancy wrote: »
    Get a flying lesson! When you have the controls in your hands and the tiny plane is bouncing all over the place it feels a lot different.

    Imagine the bumps in the plane are just like bumps you feel driving over a gravel road, its the same principle. Rough and disturbed air in bad weather is just like the gravel roads of the sky.


    the mad thing is that thats what i always tell people! im great to give out advise but when it comes to it i find myself getting worked up lol.

    i also remember thinking id be a lot happier in the cockpit lol


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