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gaz1234

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5,233 posts

218 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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fking hate it more and more. How best to fix this?

scotty_d

6,795 posts

193 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Walk hehe

gaz1234

Original Poster:

5,233 posts

218 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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scotty_d said:
Walk hehe
Driving isn't her favourite option.

scotty_d

6,795 posts

193 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I know the feeling I have to fly in helicopters for work. Not fun but I just get on with it.

Simpo Two

85,147 posts

264 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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How do you hate it? If it's fear but you want/need to fly, get referred to a psychologist to help you find out why.

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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What aspect don't you like?

I love aircraft and I love flying - especially in light aircraft.

However, the modern airport/airline experience I don't like much at all.


gaz1234

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5,233 posts

218 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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All of it. Take off, getting up in air, being in air, turbulence.
Diazepam?

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Is this a rational or an irrational fear?

If you knew the technical details behind flying would it make you better or worse?

randlemarcus

13,507 posts

230 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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On the assumption that most of your flying is in passenger jets, you might want to book a flying lesson at a local club. I think my discomfort stemmed from using the horrible things as a bus, combined with the statistics mounting up in my head.

An hour spent looking at the oily bits, then going into the sky sitting next to the pilot, and asking stupid questions seems to have reset things for the moment, though it's not something I think I will ever actively enjoy.

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Being a passenger in an airliner is a very, very different experience to flying in a small aircraft. I too would recommend a flight in something other than an Airbus or Boeing to give you a different flying experience - one you might even enjoy.

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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gaz1234 said:
All of it. Take off, getting up in air, being in air, turbulence.
Diazepam?
Same problem here - although I find sitting nearer to the front is a big help.

Curiously, I had my first helicopter experience a few weeks ago - loved it! Maybe something to do with being able to see the controls and dials ?

Eric Mc

121,777 posts

264 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Bigger windows help a lot. Having a good view out helps dispel the "inside a tube" feeling.

Siko

1,976 posts

241 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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I hold a current Airline Transport Pilots Licence, but utterly loathe and detest being in the back of an aluminium tube as much as the next man. It's the claustrophobia, turbulence, the cramped conditions and watching too much Air Crash Investigation hehe

Love and adore flying in all it's forms (mainly helicopters tbh but aerobatics in light FW aswell smile) but hate being a passenger.

gaz1234

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5,233 posts

218 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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I tried the front, not better

CrutyRammers

13,735 posts

197 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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I went through a phase of this some years ago, after initially being fine with it. I particularly hated the landing approach, that feeling of falling. Oddly what eventually worked for me was playing some flight sims and learning a bit more about how it all works.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Eric Mc said:
Is this a rational or an irrational fear?
It's perfectly rational. You're in a white, pressurized tube a few miles above the ground and if anything goes wrong you're going to plummet to the floor. It goes against all of your instincts.

Simpo Two

85,147 posts

264 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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But contrary to that you know it's the safest form of travel, which makes it irrational...

Seems to me there's a claustrophobia element here as well, and the fact you can't get off half way if you want to. Thought why would you want to? See 'irrational'...

Do you just dislike it or are you getting physical symptoms?

motomk

2,148 posts

243 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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Fear of flying courses?

gaz1234

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5,233 posts

218 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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motomk said:
Fear of flying courses?
Easy jet do one, thought about it..

texaxile

3,289 posts

149 months

Saturday 19th April 2014
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I don't mind flying, but I do mind sitting next to someone in Economy all the way from HK who thinks that personal hygiene is optional. It's not the flying per se, but the hanging around in airports, queuing up, security hassles, mad rush for the seats despite them being allocated and the other tedious mucking about associated with long haul air travel before stepping foot on the plane. Once seated I find that a hefty dose of Diazepam along with a nip of brandy does the trick.

I recently read somewhere (possibly this forum) that these days, with IFE, electronic devices, food served regularly on airliners, Crew insisting we close the blinds after an hour or so from take off (long haul) we're being constantly distracted from the fact that we actually are flying, which is ironic because 50 odd years ago it was an experience reserved for the privileged few.