Flying on a Plane

Lizard

Yea---I don't care for flying so I understand how you feel. But try not to worry about it yet!!! that's 3 months!!!
Worry a week before

myra

I don't mind being on a plane.

I hate everything else though : the security thing, the fact that you have to get there outrageously early (just being there early is a challenge in itself for me), the waiting and waiting and waiting some more part of it that makes this whole being there early requirement seem pointless. The baggage claim part. The customs part. The constant 'may I see your boarding card and passport please' part. The 'which terminal? .... which gate? ' part. And the whole 'whatever am I allowed to put in my cabin baggage part', too.

And to think I have to go through this again in 9 days ...

loveontwolegs

Flying terrifies me. I hate it. HATE IT!! I take Xanax when I fly and it doesn't ease the terror for me. Instead it just makes me not give a fuck that I'm terrified. It's a weird feeling.

I drove to Tucson from Chicago last fall, solo, because I didn't want to fly. That is a 29 hour drive!

I try really hard to focus on the flight attendants and other passengers and not freak out unless they are freaking out. Otherwise at every hiccup I would be screaming "Get me off of this fucking thing!"

I'm greatful that PJ20 is in my backyard practically.

Might do some EMDR around my fear before I travel again...

StillHere

loveontwolegs wrote:

Flying terrifies me. I hate it. HATE IT!! I take Xanax when I fly and it doesn't ease the terror for me. Instead it just makes me not give a fuck that I'm terrified. It's a weird feeling.

I drove to Tucson from Chicago last fall, solo, because I didn't want to fly. That is a 29 hour drive!

I try really hard to focus on the flight attendants and other passengers and not freak out unless they are freaking out. Otherwise at every hiccup I would be screaming "Get me off of this fucking thing!"

I'm greatful that PJ20 is in my backyard practically.

Might do some EMDR around my fear before I travel again...

Driving to Alpine from PA
No way I'm getting on a plane
although I've recently come to learn first hand how dangerous driving can be
I still can't do the plane

iamica

I like flying for the most part, I love seeing the clouds beneath the plane and the scenery far below. Turbulence sucks, but you deal. Take some motion sickness medicine or something.
What I can't stand is if there's a baby/little kid nearby and they're screaming their head off the entire flight...thank God for iPods. :?

eddiec

A good friend of mine once said:

"When you're on the runway and the jets kick in and you get pushed back in your seat, there are only two thoughts that go through your mind:

Man, I'm goin to have the best holiday

or

I'm gonna die right now."

RKCNDY

thanks guys....cool beans, I'll be all drugged up and pigging out on brownies during the flight...when I get there I'll be loopy as all hell.

I saw some article on the net about 'how to have fun on a plane'.....Number 1 was 'Talk to your seatmate' :roll:
Unless they're going to PJ20 as well...I don't wanna talk to anybody!

I like landing, because then I'm back on the ground. Can't look out the window...I'm terrified of heights.

he still stands

flying on a plane is MUCH more safe than flying on a train, a snowmobile, or a horse.

norm

i'm a claustrophobic misanthrope so, no i don't enjoy flying...stick me on a private bird and i'll go anywhere

JonnyPistachio

I get a little nervous, but I feel a lot better when I think about getting on that big rubber slide if we crash. :P

dcfaithful

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

People like to freak out at the slightest amount of turbulence. Again, safer than driving. And if anything, I like to drink a ton on a flight anyway so that always keeps me loose.

My girlfriend will jump and clutch my arm at the slightest shift in stability on a plane. I have to constantly assure her that things are okay and that it is safer than driving. I usually end up buying her some cocktailsbefore we depart too... partially to get her to relax and partially because I'm still hoping to get into the Mile High Club *fingers crossed* :P

smarchee

my flying regimen:
1 - get on plane
2 - open book
3 - wait to hear preparing to land
4 - close book
5 - exit plane

norm

smarchee wrote:

my flying regimen:
1 - get on plane
2 - open book
3 - wait to hear preparing to land
4 - close book
5 - exit plane

#3 for me would be to put on ipod then open book...but yeah, that's what i do too

dcfaithful

norm wrote:

smarchee wrote:

my flying regimen:
1 - get on plane
2 - open book
3 - wait to hear preparing to land
4 - close book
5 - exit plane

#3 for me would be to put on ipod then open book...but yeah, that's what i do too

I feel like an idiot because I can't read and listen to music at the same time... :?

norm

dcfaithful wrote:

norm wrote:

smarchee wrote:

my flying regimen:
1 - get on plane
2 - open book
3 - wait to hear preparing to land
4 - close book
5 - exit plane

#3 for me would be to put on ipod then open book...but yeah, that's what i do too

I feel like an idiot because I can't read and listen to music at the same time... :?

really? i almost can't read without music...it keeps me focused

81

i've got a couple of movies on my ipod that i will watch.

if wifi access wasn't so damn expensive, i would surf the net.

i ussally just sit by the window and watch the world go by, while trying to figure out exactly where i am on the map.

i'm going to test my phones gps system to see if it works in flight. it should...right?

dcfaithful

norm wrote:

really? i almost can't read without music...it keeps me focused

I'm not bad at multi-tasking, but for some reason I just can't focus on both of those things at once. Probably because I generally like to give each of them a lot of my attention individually. I'm pretty bad at reading a page and not knowing what I just read though. :oops:

RKCNDY

I can listen to music and read....but the book has to be really really good for me to keep reading. One time, I flew to Houston and had my cassette walkman...no radio, and the brand new batteries ran out of juice after the first 2 hours.....prob cuz I had to turn the volume all the way up to drown out the jet noise.

They have dual headphones right? We have one ipod and Mr. RK will be next to me....wonder if he'll play scrabble with me.

mca47

With my job, I'm on a plane usually once or twice a week.

I could tell you some stories of some flights I've been on over the last few years! :shock:

That said, I do love to fly. In fact, I would LOVE to learn how to fly some day. Oh man, that would be amazing!

mca47

Oh, at least you don't have to fly into St. Maartens airport. That would actually be quite fun....


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