I hate flying
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Don't get pissed, have 2 drinks before you fly, thats enough for Dutch courage. Take a few magazines that you'll enjoy that have loads on piccies(e.g. Car Mag, FHM) . When your driving to the airport, try and be a passenger, in the car concentrate on the amount of bumps and how actually uncomfortable driving in a car is. Its actually more stable in a plane than in a car, its just that you filter it out in a car and watch for it in a plane. Expect the plane to make noises just after takeoff. Gear will come up and flaps will retract, the opposite will happen on landing. Try to get an aisle seat as then you can think of just being on a train or a bus. Really its much safer than you imagine.
I do a minimum 2 European flights per month and up to 6 or 7, i'm in the US every 8 weeks for only 2 or 3 days, after a while you get used to it but even now I still get a few butterflies. However I've only had 1 very minor incident in over 10 years of hectic flying and it was all too quick to get scared about and has in fact been quite re-assuring for me since.
I've had more incidents in my car to and from the airport than in a plane.
Cheers
Cammy
I do a minimum 2 European flights per month and up to 6 or 7, i'm in the US every 8 weeks for only 2 or 3 days, after a while you get used to it but even now I still get a few butterflies. However I've only had 1 very minor incident in over 10 years of hectic flying and it was all too quick to get scared about and has in fact been quite re-assuring for me since.
I've had more incidents in my car to and from the airport than in a plane.
Cheers
Cammy
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Statistically, the most dangerous bit of the trip will be the car journey to and from the airport. If you make it to the airport alive, you can just relax and enjoy the flight
Don't get drunk at the airport (speaks from the experience of having to buy another flight home from Nice!!).
Don't get drunk at the airport (speaks from the experience of having to buy another flight home from Nice!!).
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A few years ago, we had just took off, like 5 seconds airborne from Verona airport and the plane got struck by lightning.....
That was interesting to say the least
More stable than driving.... I've been out my seat once or twice in turbulance, but don't worry about it. Your still statistically more likely to die on the way to the airport in a car?
That was interesting to say the least
More stable than driving.... I've been out my seat once or twice in turbulance, but don't worry about it. Your still statistically more likely to die on the way to the airport in a car?
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Last year when I went Warsaw (Poland) my BA flight skidded in Snow (-10) on landing and all the oxygen masks popped out.
It was quite scary, few screams. But we all got free alcohol on the way back to make up for it!
Still, landing makes me slightly nervous now
I try and take sleeping pills to sleep through it all, just think how nice it will be when you actually arrive!
It was quite scary, few screams. But we all got free alcohol on the way back to make up for it!
Still, landing makes me slightly nervous now
I try and take sleeping pills to sleep through it all, just think how nice it will be when you actually arrive!
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If you are brave enough, take some flying lessons and learn to fly. Once you can control a small 2 seater aircraft, letting someone else do all the hard work in a bigger, safer machine is a walk in the park... I have friends who conquered their phobia this way.
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Flying into London City airport is a bit hairy. I've been doing this every monday for the last 4 weeks, and I still find it unsettling when the pilot chucks the nose forward into a 45-degree dive at the last minute.
Still, on the upside I can see my office from the plane as we come in to land.
Still, on the upside I can see my office from the plane as we come in to land.
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Take up skydiving.
I suffer from vertigo but still manage to throw myself from small aircraft most weekends....
Oh and edited to say 'Stop being such a whuffo!'
[Edited by Scot123 - 12/13/2002 11:05:25 AM]
I suffer from vertigo but still manage to throw myself from small aircraft most weekends....
Oh and edited to say 'Stop being such a whuffo!'
[Edited by Scot123 - 12/13/2002 11:05:25 AM]
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Do what my brother does.He only flies with the top notch airlines,as our uncles a pilot and he reckons some of the cheaper airlines are accidents waiting to happen.Flying junkyards was his phrase.
Good advice i think.
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Just popped out to the bank, and on the way back I noticed that I can't see the top 20 stories of the Natwest tower. I have a feeling my flight this afternoon may be delayed.
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Actually, this 'statistically flying is safer than driving' is a load of crap. For sure, it's safer per mile travelled, but that's because (a) on average flights are a lot longer than car journeys and (b) the only really dangerous bits are taking off and landing. If you compare number of accidents against number of flights, it's not statistically safer than driving.
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Carl - does it make a difference how many people are playing, and whether or not the prize has to be paid out?
I'm not afraid of flying, anyway. It's the hitting the ground bit that scares me. BOOM BOOM!
I'm not afraid of flying, anyway. It's the hitting the ground bit that scares me. BOOM BOOM!
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I used to travel abroad each monday returning friday and got through something like 110 flights per year (inc transfers). That was pretty much every week for 3 years.
I used to hate flying too, used to take a good book along and a GBA to keep me busy.
I really dont mind it now, its like anything - you get used to it if you do it enough.
Neil
I used to hate flying too, used to take a good book along and a GBA to keep me busy.
I really dont mind it now, its like anything - you get used to it if you do it enough.
Neil
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I don't know -- if it's so easy to misrepresent statistics, how come none of the defenders of the "number of tickets bought affects the lottery result" theory could present statistics/analysis to reinforce their arguments?
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I'm sure City airport has an ILS so the fog won't make any difference... except that on landing the pilots can finish reading today's paper right up to the end of the runway
I'm sure City airport has an ILS so the fog won't make any difference... except that on landing the pilots can finish reading today's paper right up to the end of the runway
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I'm sure City airport has an ILS so the fog won't make any difference...
I think it's more of a problem for landing, mainly 'cos they have to come in around the city skyscrapers and probably don't want to risk 'doing a 9/11' by accident into the Natwest tower. I guess with take-off they just climb like hell, so it doesn't matter if they can't see where they're going.
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You'll find they they can't use ILS unless there's a certain amount of visibility, depending on the class of ILS fitted at the airport.
The bizarre consequence of this is that if you've got the worst class of ILS, you can only use it when there's good visibility (i.e. when you don't need it)
The bizarre consequence of this is that if you've got the worst class of ILS, you can only use it when there's good visibility (i.e. when you don't need it)
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Gibralter is the place to fly to. 90 degree right turn seconds before you land - just when the plane is at its slowest and most unstable . No amount of ILS is going to make that anything other than "**** nipping"
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Maderia is another good one, looked out the window and saw this tiny little runway on a cliff edge and thought there is no way I would wanna land there, lo and behold the plane turns sharply and lands there talk about reverse thrust as soon as touching down the plane stopped right near the far end. Just as fun taking off on the way home, definately the scariest airport I have ever been to.