Fear of Flying

[jazzy]

Never understood why anyone is scared of flying it's no different to any other form of transport public transport ie someone else is the driver and you have no control

 

[One Fan Clapping]

You don't use cross country trains then

Haha. I was thinking more abroad tbh. Just back from Italy and got trains to and from both airports, there and Mcr, and the difference is palpable.

 

[One Fan Clapping]

Never understood why anyone is scared of flying it's no different to any other form of transport public transport ie someone else is the driver and you have no control

Understand that logic and that’s what I try to tell myself. Being logical and thinking positively really helped me this time. I never saw myself arriving safely before!

Doing it again in four weeks and quite cool about it.

 

[Donmcfc]

It is usually close to the mark. I’m not keen flying over the alps though. Always been bumpy there.

A bumpy mountain range. Whatever next?

 

[liveandletdive]

I've been making Jets for 40 years now, but for the past 10 years I've been inspecting them prior to take off. If people have seen what I've seen, some of you would never fly again, but I'll keep flying, irrespective of what goes on and some of the dodgy cover ups..

 

[NPBlue]

I've been making Jets for 40 years now, but for the past 10 years I've been inspecting them prior to take off. If people have seen what I've seen, some of you would never fly again, but I'll keep flying, irrespective of what goes on and some of the dodgy cover ups..

You work for Boeing?

 

[liveandletdive]

You work for Boeing?

I have done in the past, I've worked on everything from the Spitfire to the Lancaster to Airbus to Typhoon..

 

[man on the moon]

I've been making Jets for 40 years now, but for the past 10 years I've been inspecting them prior to take off. If people have seen what I've seen, some of you would never fly again, but I'll keep flying, irrespective of what goes on and some of the dodgy cover ups..

Aw fuck me ! That's just put me right off now

 

[roy.or.r]

I've been making Jets for 40 years now, but for the past 10 years I've been inspecting them prior to take off. If people have seen what I've seen, some of you would never fly again, but I'll keep flying, irrespective of what goes on and some of the dodgy cover ups..

Can you tell me what are some of the things you have seen and what dodgy coverups?

 

[idahoblues]

Maybe this deserves in the ‘missing mooners’ but haven’t seen @Chicagoblues recently

 

[roy.or.r]

Maybe this deserves in the ‘missing mooners’ but haven’t seen @Chicago blues recently

They changed their username to BlueNomad.

 

[idahoblues]

They changed their username to BlueNomad.

What !!?

 

[hilts]

Never understood why anyone is scared of flying it's no different to any other form of transport public transport ie someone else is the driver and you have no control

I would rather a bus driver hit a Vauxhall Corsa than a pilot hitting a mountain.

 

[jazzy]

I would rather a bus driver hit a Vauxhall Corsa than a pilot hitting a mountain.

Chance of a plane hitting a mountain extremely low , chances of a bus crashing or coming off the road and killing passengers is a lot higher

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

They changed their username to BlueNomad.

Wait, really??

TBH I am thinking about same as San Francisco will be entirely in my rear view soon.

 

[bavarian blue]

I flew many years as cabin crew,always felt safe.Off the plane i suffer from vertigo.

 

[hilts]

Chance of a plane hitting a mountain extremely low , chances of a bus crashing or coming off the road and killing passengers is a lot higher

Doesn't have to be a mountain:-) define lot higher. The chances of dying in a bus is 1 in a few million, chances in a plane around 1 in 10 million or so. With odds like that its so low that claiming killing passengers is a lot higher in reality is bollocks.

 

[Crypto lemming]

Chance of a plane hitting a mountain extremely low , chances of a bus crashing or coming off the road and killing passengers is a lot higher

We know that flying is probably the safest form of travel,that’s not in question,the point is if the plane crashes the overwhelming chances are that you die,if a bus or a car crashes the overwhelming chances are you will survive,that’s where the fear is

 

[pfs87]

I've been making Jets for 40 years now, but for the past 10 years I've been inspecting them prior to take off. If people have seen what I've seen, some of you would never fly again, but I'll keep flying, irrespective of what goes on and some of the dodgy cover ups..

Strong post to username correlation at work here

 

[liveandletdive]

Strong post to username correlation at work here

My username is taken from a French scuba diving company, diving at 30 metres with Sharks is what I do for fun..