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The silly thing is that I fly at least twice a year, and more if you count individual flights. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 22/12/2009 07:05:38 AM
Honestly, I don't fear them because I've flown so frequently, it's no longer unknown. I fly a few times every year, and being afraid just doesn't make sense.

Yeah, but who says I have to make sense?! :P

I actually dislike landing. That sensation of falling, lurching closer towards the ground, trusting that the guys they hired to pilot this thing know how to land without smashing us into the earth....

See, I can deal with landing, because I find getting close to the ground strangely fun. Everything looks like a toy! It's leaving the ground that I hate.

It is so unlikely that your flight will crash that you shouldn't even stress the teeniest tiniest bit. The plane you will be flying on has been checked repeatedly to make sure it is safe, the people they hired to fly it have been exhaustively trained, and you are entirely safe in their care.

That was pretty good reassurance. :)

Because I know it will be over soon... Flying to Africa was the worst though... my flight was 16 hours long... sleeping was impossible, eating didn't help, man was not meant to be confined at high altitude for that long. (8

Yeah, flying to Europe was not fun at all.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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/Survey: I hate flying. By hate I actually mean "have a ridiculous phobia of." REASSURE ME. Ghavrel - 22/12/2009 05:50:31 AM 779 Views
*reassures* Phelix - 22/12/2009 06:43:11 AM 700 Views
The silly thing is that I fly at least twice a year, and more if you count individual flights. Ghavrel - 22/12/2009 07:05:38 AM 607 Views
Re: The silly thing is that I fly at least twice a year, and more if you count individual flights. Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:17:14 AM 724 Views
I have cried in planes before ßelals Girl - 22/12/2009 07:02:18 AM 663 Views
Heh Lupine - 22/12/2009 01:46:31 PM 701 Views
Flying is easy enough rAndy aL - 22/12/2009 07:18:05 AM 883 Views
For some reason....no, not even a little bit Brian - 22/12/2009 08:01:20 AM 763 Views
Weee jh - 22/12/2009 09:35:48 AM 570 Views
Many more people die on the roads anyway Floffe - 22/12/2009 09:35:55 AM 549 Views
Recognize that the fear is not a logical one. If tha doesn't help, it's unlikely that anything will. Aemon - 22/12/2009 09:39:32 AM 731 Views
Note the use of the word "phobia." Planes are like spiders! Ghavrel - 22/12/2009 02:25:52 PM 612 Views
We don't belong up there, I agree ironclad - 22/12/2009 01:17:36 PM 765 Views
*pat pat* LadyLorraine - 23/12/2009 02:31:52 AM 677 Views
Ha ha! I survived, just like I told y'all I would. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/12/2009 03:31:29 AM 231 Views
Re: /Survey: I hate flying. By hate I actually mean "have a ridiculous phobia of." REASSURE ME. MightyYT - 23/12/2009 03:37:15 AM 735 Views
It has to do with the lack of control. (WARNING: I'm not assuring you of anything) Tom - 23/12/2009 04:20:22 AM 579 Views
Your honesty, as ever, is appreciated. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/12/2009 04:59:47 AM 236 Views
No problem. I'm always glad to offer brutal honesty. Tom - 23/12/2009 02:20:27 PM 572 Views
I hatehatehate flying, too. Camilla - 23/12/2009 08:17:27 AM 772 Views
Watch this YouTube video of US Flight 427 coming in for a landing Sports_Gambler - 24/12/2009 11:45:29 AM 676 Views
Wow. You're quite the asshole. *NM* Ghavrel - 24/12/2009 09:19:36 PM 240 Views
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