Anyone is afraid of flying?

Sounds like you had a pretty harmless flight. Try flying through non-stop thunderstorms (which I did from Dallas to Houston recently) - man did it suck.

I'd suggest going on a couple of more trips yourself, since you at least handled the first one with freaking out. If it doesn't improve or gets worse, you're options are to do more driving trips (which are fun anyway) and to take strong "feel good" medicine, which I know from experience with my wife (who also has a fear of flying) works.

 

Ecstasy always helps. Be sure and bring some techno music for the walkman.

 

I'm only afraid of crashing.

 

You stole my line.

 

For some reason, if I'm in a situation where a lot of other people are also going to die along with me, I'm not one bit afraid.

 

I am.

I have flown all over the world. I flew often when I was a kid, but there was just a point I decided I really didn't want to be on a plane ever again.

No doubt, I'll get back on a plane. But, I can't stand heights and I don't like being out of control. So, that mix on an airplane can be ugly.

 

I love flying, I'm the a-hole that yells out "yee haw" during turbulance.

It bothered me for a while but after you've expreienced every scenerio dozens of times, anything short of a firey crash is just another pothole.

 

I don't mind flying at all. I used to get queasy at times but now I know how to eat before I get on. I also try to stay cool. Sometimes when I get too warm I can start to get sick.

 

I'm a little bit more frightened now thanks to those terrorist nitwits.

 

I am, and it's silly. Used to, I wasn't. Then I was after 9/11. I finally calmed down and realized that it was going to be hard to pull off another air attack, and that if they did they wouldn't use little regional commuter flights or Southwest. The things I fly on are like buses, just in the air. But now I'm afraid of... the usual thing people are afraid of when they fly. I know driving is supposed to be more dangerous, but there's a difference: I'm in control when I drive. And I'm good at it. And I look around all the time so no one else can even come out of nowhere and run into me. Not to mention, if I do get in a wreck, I don't have gravity to deal with on top of the other forces. (Please no long physics explanations of how gravity affects everything and otherwise we would just be sent flying away from the wreck for the foreseeable future.)

 

I used to be scared to fly even before 9-11, but after the first time, it wasn't that bad. I have flown several times after 9-11, and like Ferdinand's spouse, that it was going to be hard to have another attack like the one we had over 3 years ago.

The more times you fly the better it becomes.

 

Aside from the whole airport part I love flying. Mainly taking off, the thrust when the engines kick in is great, every time I fly I start grinning like a kid when we start to take off. I also enjoy seeing the ground from that high up, it gives you a different perspective on stuff, seeing a field that could be a few miles long but just looks like a small square patch. And seeing the Miami coast as your taking off is beutiful, or being on top of clouds with the sunlight reflecting off of them, or going over mountains and seeing their snowcaps. So many great things to see in new ways that you can't experience everyday.

My first time flying I was a little nervous about it but mainly excited. The only time I got worried was going to land when it would feel like you just dropped a hundred feet in a second.

I can't wait until I get my flying car.

 

Bingo!

I don't like flying, but I'll do it.

 

I fly atleast almost every 4 months, yet I hate it, I hate flying, I get that nauseating feeling as soon as i get on a plane. Im scared of it falling, burning, etc, and now you can add being hijacked as another fear. O well. Dramamine does the trick for me, knocks me out for the duration of any flight.

 

I used to fly a lot for work. Loved it. Even had to fly over the Rockies in a puddle-jumper (about 30-something people) through summer storms (was impressive how strong those wings are!).

I think it's fun. Terrorist cr*p certainly took some of the fun out of it, but it's still pretty d*mn safe compared to other modes of transportation.

As for all of you on the road who think you're in 'control', at least a drunk driver can't blindside you in an airplane.

As for the surviving a car accident v. a plane crash, how many people are essentially 'gone' from brain damage in a car acccident? Is that better for anybody than dying in a plane accident?

Think flying a few times a year is dangerous? How many miles do you think pilots and flight attendants fly?

Anyway, man had dreamed of flying and travelling the whole world for eons. We live in a time when we can soar among the clouds and be anywhere on the planet in a matter of hours. It never lost it's excitement for me.

 

Here's a question for frequent fliers:

If a terrorist were to take over your jet, would you try to be a hero (and hope others joined you)?

I tell myself I would but who knows when it really becomes nut crunching time.

 

i love flying,especially while i look out the window.but the occasional wobble of plane make me upset.

 

With that attitude you let them win...

 

I hate flying, there just something in me that don't trust a piece of metal flow in the air.