Pre flight nerves

Menas

So, AH.

I am off to a far away land in the morning and having the usual dose of pre flight nerves.

Any tips on overcoming preflight nerves?

Preferably one that does not involve getting drunk, knocking one out or zen?

Ta!

lillen

Look on the flights route and hope your not flying over Ukraine.

Trigger Happy

Trigger Happy wrote: »

So, AH.

I am off to a far away land in the morning and having the usual dose of pre flight nerves.

Any tips on overcoming preflight nerves?

Yes!

Preferably one that does not involve getting drunk, knocking one out or zen?

Oh. No, sorry.

wazky

Did you get a good deal on a one way to Kiev?

Menas

I will be on a plane from copenhagen to tokyo so Ukraine does actually come in to the equation.

****, I !had not thought of that You lot are supposed to be helping me here!

diomed

Adult diapers

cloud493

Is there anything to be said for another mass?

guppy

Trigger Happy wrote: »

So, AH.

I am off to a far away land in the morning and having the usual dose of pre flight nerves.

Any tips on overcoming preflight nerves?

Preferably one that does not involve getting drunk, knocking one out or zen?

Ta!

Kalms tablets work for me (They're sold in Boots, and there's one past security).

The optimum is one glass of wine with 3 Kalms, but if your flight is that early, take 4 Kalms (not the one a day type though).

Tail Docker

Trigger Happy wrote: »

So, AH.

I am off to a far away land in the morning and having the usual dose of pre flight nerves.

Any tips on overcoming preflight nerves?

Preferably one that does not involve getting drunk, knocking one out or zen?

Ta!

Bring some tinfoil and flares, feck them out the back door if you're heading over the Ukraine.

Flying isn't huge on my "things to do now" list tbh.

dmc17

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I will be on a plane from copenhagen to tokyo so Ukraine does actually come in to the equation.

****, I !had not thought of that You lot are supposed to be helping me here!

Maybe ask the pilot to go around the other way. It'll take longer but it might be safer

thelad95

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Any tips on overcoming preflight nerves?

Just relax. Despite all the shíte about Malaysia Airlines and all that, 99.99% of flights reach there destination without a hitch.....














































































































But there's always that 0.01% chance :eek: Only kidding you'll be grand.

dmc17

Also, don't travel to the airport in a car. There's more people killed in cars every year than planes.

It's probably safer just to stay at home OP.

Make sure you keep all your doors and windows locked but with the keys in them so you can get out in case of fire.

Tail Docker

dmc17 wrote: »

Also, don't travel to the airport in a car. There's more people killed in cars every year than planes.

Yeah, take a motorbike, much safer.

robertxxx

Trigger Happy wrote: »

So, AH.

I am off to a far away land in the morning and having the usual dose of pre flight nerves.

Any tips on overcoming preflight nerves?

Preferably one that does not involve getting drunk, knocking one out or zen?

Ta!

Its really too late now to do anything other than drugs or a few beers.

I was/am a nervous flyer but i swamp 3 or 4 pints and im fine.

Rayne Wooney

Bring a parachute as your hand luggage

Aidric

valium

Menas

I thought I was a nervous flyer until I once sat beside an elderly woman who screamed her head off everytime we hit turbulance....and she was off the scale during the slightly bumpy landing.
Half of me was wondering if she was just a fruitcake or if she actually knew something....

tonyka

Stay up all night and when your on the plane you'll sleep.... just remember landing is much more dangerous than take off. . Lol

Frosty McSnowballs

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's probably safer just to stay at home OP.

Make sure you keep all your doors and windows locked but with the keys in them so you can get out in case of fire.

Or if a plane crashes into the gaff!

SeanW

Tail Docker wrote: »

Bring some tinfoil and flares, feck them out the back door if you're heading over the Ukraine.

Flying isn't huge on my "things to do now" list tbh.

You're supposed to be helping :eek:

Don't worry OP, the airlines are giving the Eastern Ukraine a wide berth now.

http://swimtwobirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Feck056.jpg

(AH really needs pictures.)

Valetta

tonyka wrote: »

Stay up all night and when your on the plane you'll sleep.... just remember landing is much more dangerous than take off. . Lol

Make sure that your pilots combined number of take-offs and landings is an even number.

Fat Christy

Bring a book or something to distract yourself. Just imagine you're on a rickety ol bus and don't look out the window. I also find that it's a lot more pleasant sitting in an aisle seat where possible. It's mind over matter, try not to overthink it. You'll be grand. :-)

robertxxx

Look out the window all of the time so you can see whats happening

uch

I always Shíte myself when I'm getting on a plane and find the best thing is about 7-8 pints of Guinness, the best remedy

pconn062

Remember, you are much, MUCH more likely to be killed on your way to the airport than you are during your flight.

uch

uch wrote: »

I always Shíte myself when I'm getting on a plane and find the best thing is about 7-8 pints of Guinness

Um....you sure those two aren't related?

hjkl

Take the boat sure.

Tail Docker

lillen wrote: »

The fact that we this year already have reached the double amount of the normal amount of deaths per year from flight accidents, I would be very worried if I was you.

There's a "normal amount" of deaths?? :eek: Trigs, you're doomed.

Fat Christy

Fat Christy wrote: »

Bring a book or something to distract yourself. Just imagine you're on a rickety ol bus and don't look out the window. I also find that it's a lot more pleasant sitting in an aisle seat where possible. It's mind over matter, try not to overthink it. You'll be grand. :-)

All that, and a valium. Don't drink though, it can make you more anxious.

Rayne Wooney

There's only a 1 in 4.7 million chance you'll crash

lillen

Tail Docker wrote: »

There's a "normal amount" of deaths?? :eek:

Accidentally deleted my post.
By normal amount I mean average, sorry

robertxxx

Everybody dies at sometime!!!!

--LOS--

Look at the flight radar, see how busy the airspace is, realise that flights are taking off and landing CONSTANTLY! And there really is rarely any crashes for that amount of traffic.

GekkePrutser

Learn to fly yourself. I knew someone who was injured in a plane crash but to overcome his resulting fears he took up flying himself. He's now one of the best pilots I know!

I also notice myself that it does help with the noises and movements etc if you understand what's going on and why. Not that I had a fear of flying before but I'm more at ease now.

uch

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

There's only a 1 in 4.7 million chance you'll crash

But there's a 1 in 1 chance I'll be locked getting on the plane in the first place

Menas

Ok, so I need to stay up all night and for breakfast have valium and kalms washed down with about 8 pints.
I should walk to the airport wearing a nappy, a pair of flares and with a parachute, book and some tinfoil n my bag.
Once on the plane I need to tell the pilot to avoid ukraine and to tell him to be sure that he lands the plane exactly as many times as he takes off.

I need an aisle seat with a window view near the back. When airbourne I need to thro the role of tinfoil and my flares out the back of the plane.

Thanks AH, I feel better now!

Frosty McSnowballs

If I know anything about plane crashes, and I like to think I do.

You are defo gonna die OP.

gctest50

Trigger Happy wrote: »

........
Half of me was wondering if she was just a fruitcake or if she actually knew something....

She might have been through a dodgy landing or something ?

On one before, woman next to me grabbed my hand and went silent when we hit a bit of turbulence.
Once it passed, she explained she was on some yoke that hit windshear and dropped

and it wasn't the dying that bothered her but the burning to death alone in the dark

.

Rayne Wooney

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Ok, so I need to stay up all night and for breakfast have valium and kalms washed down with about 8 pints.
I should walk to the airport wearing a nappy, a pair of flares and with a parachute, book and some tinfoil n my bag.
Once on the plane I need to tell the pilot to avoid ukraine and to tell him to be sure that he lands the plane exactly as many times as he takes off.

I need an aisle seat with a window view near the back. When airbourne I need to thro the role of tinfoil and my flares out the back of the plane.

Thanks AH, I feel better now!

Don't say anything to the pilot, he is likely hungover from the coke and flight attendant party he is having in his room tonight


At least bring a few rolls of bubble wrap with you

Nobody has ever died in a plane accident whilst wrapped in 10 layers of bubble wrap. It's science

RobbingBandit

Read The Communist Manifesto OP, integrate yourself into their culture, remember Comrade Putin loves you, but not in that way.

Sand

I've never understood fear of flying. Fair enough, we're in a metal tube packed with a small lake of flammable fuel flying several hundred miles an hour at an altitude where explosive decompression is something that can happen - but really my worst fear about flying is getting the middle seat.

That said I've encountered a few people who are genuinely terrified of flying, and whilst I dont understand it they really are scared by it, so you can only sympathise. I presume its something deep down about loss of control over your destiny? You are after all relying on a lot of other people to do their job at least competently well. All you can do in the meantime is sit there and wait, feeling powerless?

For the OP - your chances of dying on a flight are so low that it an actual aircraft accident will overtake a full on war between Israel and Hamas in the news. It is a cosmically low chance. Car travel is more dangerous as they seem to let any fecking eejit behind a wheel and no one is directing them.

I'm not afraid of flying.

I'm afraid of falling out of the fcuking sky.

bnt

Don't worry about it. Have a listen to Billy Connolly explaining it all, that should put your mind at ease.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ0TZ7mEyZk

--LOS--

If you're worried about something as incredibly unlikely as a plane crash, I mean it doesn't even come close statistically to the likelihood of a car crash, here's some more things to add to your list of worries....

http://www.buzzfeed.com/staceyc5/6-things-more-likely-to-kill-you-than-a-plane-cras-4mkq


minus the bit about the terrorist attack, don't read that :P

KungPao

I hate being in the airport, checking in...then the pulse goes up a notch at the gate then in the plane the sweaty palms start. But the part where the plane straightens up on the runway and engines fire up...hate it! After a few seconds of wanting to stay on the ground, I realise we've passed the point of no return (too late to stop) and I just want to take off safely.

I don't like flying, but had 8 last year and have 4 up coming at the end of this year My drug of choice is beer if late in the day or Xanex if an earlier one.

That said, I love the approach and when the wheels touch ground I am happy as larry.

wazky

Don't pack your dildo either OP, we could do without the Russian Separatists holding that up to the world's media in a few days.

GekkePrutser

Sand wrote: »

That said I've encountered a few people who are genuinely terrified of flying, and whilst I dont understand it they really are scared by it, so you can only sympathise. I presume its something deep down about loss of control over your destiny? You are after all relying on a lot of other people to do their job at least competently well. All you can do in the meantime is sit there and wait, feeling powerless?

I think it's similar to claustrophobia. There's no point looking for logical explanations, its a feeling that you can't just reason away thinking about the low chance of something happening etc.

Having said that I am also much more comfortable if I'm in control myself. At least you're constantly aware of what's going on and why.

lillen

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Ok, so I need to stay up all night and for breakfast have valium and kalms washed down with about 8 pints.
I should walk to the airport wearing a nappy, a pair of flares and with a parachute, book and some tinfoil n my bag.
Once on the plane I need to tell the pilot to avoid ukraine and to tell him to be sure that he lands the plane exactly as many times as he takes off.

I need an aisle seat with a window view near the back. When airbourne I need to thro the role of tinfoil and my flares out the back of the plane.

Thanks AH, I feel better now!

Nonono, not a roll of tinfoil!
You have to split it up in a confetti like manner! Otherwise it will not divert the missile!

uch

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm not afraid of flying.

I'm afraid of falling out of the fcuking sky.

That's exactly it, I can't fly, but if I get a ferry and something goes wrong, I can Swim

Laphroaig52

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I will be on a plane from copenhagen to tokyo so Ukraine does actually come in to the equation.

****, I !had not thought of that You lot are supposed to be helping me here!

I couldn't imagine a routing from Copenhagen to Tokyo taking you over Ukraine....unless the pilot was lost.