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Job sending me abroad

  • 24-05-2012 12:15AM
    #1
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm getting sent away with work next week for a few days and I really hate flying. I couldn't really turn it down and I can't drink because it's for work.
    Anyone else who hates flying who's been in a similar situation go and advice.
    Any bit of turbulence and I have to hold on to the table tray for dear life. I really hate it.

    What's the best place to sit do you think, front, middle or back?

    I wish I could just be sedated for all flights so if it crashed I'd know nothing about it.


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  • #2
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Mile high club.


  • #3
    browner85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 415 ✭✭browner85


    just get hammered before hand!!


  • #4
    AngeGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 927 ✭✭✭AngeGal


    Back obviously...never heard of a plane reversing into a mountain!


  • #5
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    All nighter the night before the flight, ask for a blankie and sleep it out.


  • #6
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    This will sort you Teddy.


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  • #7
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    If I just ask a doctor for this because I'm flying will they prescribe it??

    If you cant drink I dont think its a good idea to be high as a kite.


  • #8
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    LordSmeg wrote: »
    All nighter the night before the flight, ask for a blankie and sleep it out.
    It's only a 3 hour flight, I won't be able to sleep I don't think no matter what.

    I'm not going to be able to drink.


  • #9
    Washington Irving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,066 ✭✭✭Washington Irving


    There's meant to be quite a few storms around that time, OP. There could also be a terrorist attack. You'll probably crash one way or the other so no point worrying about it


  • #10
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    It's only a 3 hour flight, I won't be able to sleep I don't think no matter what.

    I'm not going to be able to drink.

    Don't take any Nurofen plus, whatever you do.


  • #11
    stateofflux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭stateofflux


    Domo230 wrote: »
    Just watch a load of those aircraft disaster shows on discovery before hand.

    or 'alive'. a friend of mine had it as his in flight movie a few years back. nice relaxing stuff to ease you through the long hall


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  • #12
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    It's only a 3 hour flight, I won't be able to sleep I don't think no matter what.

    I'm not going to be able to drink.

    Don't come back - terror halved immediately


  • #13
    Tesco Massacre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭Tesco Massacre


    I wish my job would send me a broad.

    Preferably a 6ft blonde from Russia.


  • #14
    Slunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    Beside the wings. At least it will be quick when all that aviation fuel your sitting on goes boom


  • #15
    pixiel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭pixiel


    Im a shocking nervous flyer too.
    Angry Bird and the head down seems to distract me for a good chunk of the flight these days!!


  • #16
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,329 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    Domo230 wrote: »
    Just watch a load of those aircraft disaster shows on discovery before hand.



  • #17
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    KeithM89 wrote: »
    This will sort you Teddy.
    That doesn't actually worry me. It's falling out of the sky with people panicking and be thrown around before plunging in to water, jesus.
    Does hypnosis for this sort of thing actually work, I have my doubts.


  • #18
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    Hopefully they will have a really good movie on to distract ya.......hopefully.


    I had nothing to distract me for 4 hours on an 11 hour flight once but some Italian Opera. I nearly went insane.


  • #19
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Maybe this song will help.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Well, if you die you die.


    (sorry, that was no help..I love flying)


  • #21
    Scioch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭Scioch


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    That doesn't actually worry me. It's falling out of the sky with people panicking and be thrown around before plunging in to water, jesus.
    Does hypnosis for this sort of thing actually work, I have my doubts.

    Worse case scenario with that is your relaxed and kill an hour or so. Couldnt hurt to stick a couple tracks on the phone just in case.


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  • #22
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    If I just ask a doctor for this because I'm flying will they prescribe it??

    Am, if you're genuinely really really panicky about it, then there's a good chance he/she will.


  • #23
    mud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    It's a hard one to get the head around alright. I used to be very nervous, would get a fit of the giggles during take-off. Really though, as soon as I accepted that I was in a tin-can hurtling through the sky I just got over it. I wouldn't recommend xanax if you need a clear head for work. Chewing gum and a book does the job for me :)


  • #24
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Nodin wrote: »
    Don't take any Nurofen plus, whatever you do.
    :pac: I won't be jacking off that's for sure


    I used to love flying as a kid which is very strange.

    I think if I was flying it myself I'd be happier for some ****ed up reason too.
    Read all the gory details of that Air France crash a few years ago.

    A pilot on here gave a very "colourful" description of what the crash might have been like on the way down. I remember saying to myself after reading that I'm never flying again.


  • #25
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    I can't drink because it's for work.


    You lost me here.


  • #26
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Ask your doctor for some sleeping pills that only last a few hours, and let the aircraft people know you're taking the sleeping pills, so they won't panic when you are totally unresponsive.

    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    I couldn't really turn it down and I can't drink because it's for work.
    Try to get a late flight so you can goto bed straight away when you land. This way, you can have a couple of drinks, sleep during the flight, and pass out in the hotel when you land.


  • #27
    Immaculate Pasta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    TeddyTedson wrote: »
    I'm getting sent away with work next week for a few days and I really hate flying. I couldn't really turn it down and I can't drink because it's for work.
    Anyone else who hates flying who's been in a similar situation go and advice.
    Any bit of turbulence and I have to hold on to the table tray for dear life. I really hate it.

    Why do you hate flying kites so much OP? :confused:


  • #28
    Tesco Massacre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭Tesco Massacre


    If the doctor won't prescribe the medication you want you could always show him this thread:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76089607

    That might persuade him.


  • #29
    Photo-Sniper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭Photo-Sniper


    I'm **** scared of flying. The girlfriend always manages to give out to me and she always says, "You're being a langer. Statistically you've got more chance of being run over by a bus than you have of dying in a plane crash."

    People who died in a plane crash:

    Buddy Holly
    Amelia Earhart
    Ritchie Valens
    The Big Bopper
    Patsy Cline
    Jim Reeves
    Otis Redding
    Rocky Marciano
    Duncan Edwards
    John Denver
    Ricky Nelson
    John F Kennedy Jr
    Steve Fossett

    People who died by being run over by a bus:

    Eh.......


  • #30
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Hey Tedward, what airline is it??


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  • #31
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    to the op i hope this helps :D



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