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Anyone else here have a fear of flying?
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:46 pm
I have a deep fear of flying after having an extremely bad experience on a short flight from Jackson to Nashville. I've heard that turbulence is not what pilots worry about but it sure scares the shite out of me. Why don't they make planes like in this link, seems like a simple concept and could save a lot of lives? Landed at Reagan in DC about a year ago and I can say the approach and landing there made me personally thank the pilot as I got off. Any of y'all thank the pilots while exiting?
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This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 10:20 am
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Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:48 pm to ztownbird
quote:you have a fear of flying but not a fear of jackson?
I have a deep fear of flying after having an extremely bad experience on a short flight from Jackson to Nashville
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:48 pm to ztownbird
That seems like it'll be expense and really unnecessary considering how mind blowingly safe Westernized commercial air travel is.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:48 pm to ztownbird
That will never hit a production line.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:49 pm to Kafka
Haha no I try to avoid Jackson at all cost as well.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:51 pm to ztownbird
Flying is safer definitely, but if i had to choose between dying in a car crash or airplane crash, i would probably choose car crash
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:52 pm to ztownbird
They are working on a way to better detect turbulence to where most flights should be able to avoid it entirely
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:53 pm to NeverRains
If I have to die traveling I want to die in a roll-away bed
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:54 pm to ztownbird
so you had a terrible experience, and nothing that bad happened.
All flowers and candy from here on out.
Flying is fun!
Except for the food, foot room, tsa, ......
All flowers and candy from here on out.
Flying is fun!
Except for the food, foot room, tsa, ......
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:56 pm to NeverRains
I think about those folks that got hit over Ukraine a year or so ago. Have to believe some had a minute or two of being conscious on the way down.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 8:56 pm to ztownbird
quote:Always, if they are available.
Any of y'all thank the pilots while exiting?
Look them straight in the eyes when I do so with the füt-esque serious look.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:01 pm to ztownbird
ya me too
got it from a cpl pilots with gallows humor while in viet nam , on my way home...
ain't flown since 1972 ...
my flight to louisiana wan't fun neither, plane shook like an old outhouse in the wind 1971
got it from a cpl pilots with gallows humor while in viet nam , on my way home...
ain't flown since 1972 ...
my flight to louisiana wan't fun neither, plane shook like an old outhouse in the wind 1971
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:24 pm to ztownbird
You should have a bigger fear of driving
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:29 pm to ztownbird
quote:
The design includes a storage space that holds passengers' luggage underneath the cabin, so there won't be any lost luggage during the flight if it has to detach.
Good to know passengers won't be inconvenienced by lost luggage.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:34 pm to retired trucker
quote:Larry King told a story about a black airline pilot he knew back in the 1960s. He was one of the first black pilots and when he walked through the plane he could see many of the passengers were uncomfortable.
ya me too
got it from a cpl pilots with gallows humor while in viet nam , on my way home...
ain't flown since 1972 ...
Sometimes for laughs he would walk through the plane saying, "Oh lawd! I'sa gon' has to fly dis big ole airsaplane and I'se afraid I cants be able to does it!"
Posted on 4/10/16 at 9:54 pm to ztownbird
I won't fly without Ativan. Get some.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:00 pm to ztownbird
Loss of cabin pressure at that altitude probably limited their consciousness to a few seconds at most.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:02 pm to BiggerBear
All I can say about turbulence is that it would never be able to take down a commercial airliner. Regardless of size, I don't think a commercial flight has ever been taken down in the middle of the sky because of turbulence.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:05 pm to BiggerBear
I hope so.
Posted on 4/10/16 at 10:10 pm to ztownbird
Sadly, the people on the germanwings flight that the copilot deliberately crashed were well aware of their fate.
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