Fear of Flying?

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Keef
I'm aiming for a commercial license at minimum, with the ultimate goal being an ATP certification and the Captain's seat at a major airline. But you have to start all the way at the bottom.
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Nice one mate, good luck with it. đź‘Ť
I knew about your training to be a pilot from the infield, I just wasn't sure how high you were aiming. Pardon the pun.

Cheers Shaun
 
corporatesteve
Flying is one of the safest and most fun ways to travel. I have about 120hrs logged and im working on my commercial rating. If your that scared, read some aircraft/aerodynamic books, it will help you understand whats going on and might make you feel better.
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It sure is more efficient. The more I fly, the more frustrated I get whenever I have to drive somewhere. :lol:

gundalini
Nice one mate, good luck with it. đź‘Ť
I knew about your training to be a pilot from the infield, I just wasn't sure how high you were aiming. Pardon the pun.

Cheers Shaun
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Apparently I'm not the only one here either. It's good fun.
 
Who else is getting banner ads like these:

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probably not the best thread for the advertisers - it's working of some word matching function, pretty funny.

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I've flown a fair amount of times, I'm normally pretty good, though at times my mind can wander.

True story: This is from a few years back, my father had met a guy who had flown SR-71 blackbirds for the US Airforce. He married a girl from the Gold Coast, my father knew her parents that's how they met. I had actually rented a VHS about SR-71's and one of the Airforce pilots featured was 'Griz' the guy my father had met. Anyway when the Blackbirds were mothballed, Griz left to fly for United airlines but as a new man to the airline he wasn't able to enter as a full pilot. He had to serve a few years as a co-pilot. Being 2nd in line of command to the pilot.

A bit like Mika Hakkinen leaving F1 to drive a bus and being told to sit and observe as he's a new guy.

Enjoy your flight. Flying is immensly safe - you're more likely to be in a crash in the car on your way to the airport. And you never hear of people with a fear of being in a car
 
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It's better than the Chinese ads I had to put up with before. I couldn't even read them!

Anyhow.....flying, was it?....
 
I've never taken a flight on a plane, but, I have flown in a helicopter with no doors and it was somewhat scary because well there's no door. I enjoyed it though. I want to become a pilot too.
 
On topic I guess:

** Perhaps don't watch if fear of flying is creeping in.


Happened this morning Auckland NZ. Some wire got clipped - then dragged into the main rotor.



Pilot - only guy on board walked away, kind of had the wind knocked out of him though.

If you watch the pilot, he nearly goes out the right side door ( he was belted into his seat ) gets hauled back in, but then is propelled backwards when his belts/seat breaks and he ends up in the rear of the helicopter.

There were a few guys working on the ground below and got away unhurt. A reporter in a building 300 metres away said that there were windows broken there by bits of concrete that the blades threw. So they're saying it's amazing no-one was killed.
 
Simple fact based on my fitness - I can freefall further than I can swim therefore flying is safer than travelling by boat ;)
 
Having flown from Auckland NZ to London Heathrow via Sydney and Dubai with 36 hours from Auckland departure to landing in LHR, I can assure you the worst thing on modern long haul flights is eye strain.

I watched 6 movies and 2 epidsodes of Outnumbered and still had time to sleep and eat. Thank you Emirates.
 
Mic_Col
On topic I guess:

** Perhaps don't watch if fear of flying is creeping in.


Happened this morning Auckland NZ. Some wire got clipped - then dragged into the main rotor.



Pilot - only guy on board walked away, kind of had the wind knocked out of him though.

If you watch the pilot, he nearly goes out the right side door ( he was belted into his seat ) gets hauled back in, but then is propelled backwards when his belts/seat breaks and he ends up in the rear of the helicopter.

There were a few guys working on the ground below and got away unhurt. A reporter in a building 300 metres away said that there were windows broken there by bits of concrete that the blades threw. So they're saying it's amazing no-one was killed.
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It was all over the news yesterday. Someone tried blaming some guy who jumped onto one of the lifting ropes beneath the chopper. He said that when the guy jumped on, the tail boom snapped off and the chopper crashed.
 
PeterJB
I've only flown twice, from Bristol to Rome and back. Didn't enjoy it. You can never guarantee something won't go wrong, I especially wouldn't want to fly over water.
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Okay, what would you rather crash into?
 
^^ The flying over water thing.

I think he means he doesn't want to be over water if something goes wrong as jetliners (with engines mounted below the wing ) are almost impossible to do an emergency landing (ditch safely) on water. The engines below the wings catch the water and cause a tumbling action. There was the footage of the Etiopian plane that tried to ditch safely, early 90's, video shot from the beach shows it's engines catch and cause a tumble.

There's only been the 'Miracle on the Hudson' where a jetliner was able to do it successfully. All on board survived.

Also if you're over water, it also likely that you're 100s of miles from any emergency response or anything that could help.
 
As many have said already, modern airplanes are incredibly safe machines. The thing with flying over water is that planes nowadays are designed to be able to fly on just one engine.
 
Mic_Col
Also if you're over water, it also likely that you're 100s of miles from any emergency response or anything that could help.
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...if not thousands of miles. Yes, the seat cushion floats, but something about bobbing up and down in the middle of the ocean just doesn't inspire hope :).

My favorite safety-video thing is on Hawaiian Airlines. In the "water landing" part, they mention that life-rafts will be "launched" from the aircraft. The accompanying animation shows the rafts being shot from the plane's canopy, and landing several-hundred yards away. Hope somebody on-board is a good swimmer! đź’ˇ
 
Kylehnat
My favorite safety-video thing is on Hawaiian Airlines. In the "water landing" part, they mention that life-rafts will be "launched" from the aircraft. The accompanying animation shows the rafts being shot from the plane's canopy, and landing several-hundred yards away. Hope somebody on-board is a good swimmer! đź’ˇ
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They really should change the videos to: "In case of a water landing...uh, just hope we're at stall speed, otherwise don't bother doing anything different."
 
I have traveled from the East Coast of the US to destinations in Asia numerous times. Your talking 12-16 hours in one flight just to get to Japan, Korea, etc., switch planes and then fly another 2-5 hours to your destination. Long haul flights that take the polar route over the north pole. I also smoke so as soon as I get off the plane I hit the bar or smoking lounge and have a couple before I leave again. Going on a long flight like that without a smoke is pretty tough.

I do have a little fear of flying only because it feels like you have no control. Turbulence scares the **** out of me. You are blasting through the air at 500+mph and I am always afraid the plane will disintegrate or break up, or a wing will break off due to poor maintenance or stress fatigue. Traveling West to East you are in the jet stream so speeds can go up 600+ mph. On my most recent return flight from Asia we hit almost 700 mph...I was like holy **** this is fast...

Flying over the water in pitch black darkness is a little unnerving too...when your over water for 7 1/2 hours out of a 13 hour flight it can be a little scary.

But, just tell yourself the flight will be over soon and you will be back on solid ground and it will work.
 
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I was afraid of flying when I was a kid but the first time I actually did fly I realized it wasn't so bad. Driving in a car is more dangerous than flying yet most people have no problem with driving.
 
Never been on a plane myself but my dad went on a trip to Chicago for work and he said the seats were too small and he couldn't fit lol. He's not overweight either...
 
Flying. I quite like flying, myself, especially the first part where the plane is speeding down the runway, and then you suddenly get that huge burst of speed. Whenever that happens, I go,"VTEC just kicked in yo!" in my head. :dunce: Plus that lifting sensation when you're going airborne is just amazing. :)
 

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