Are you scary to fly?

January 26, 2011 12:20pm CST
I used to fly about 20 - 15 times, but never get used to it... feeling nervous every time (sometimes even week before flight). Is there any approach to make flight comfortable? I know some people who even drink a lot before flight, but I hate to drink much...
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
21 Feb 11
I have traveled to countries trans-atlantic and trans-pacific, many times, very long long flights. I am fairly used to flights and I do feel quite comfortable. But, when the weather becomes bad, and the flight starts getting bumpy, I get scared. Some times, the plane drops suddenly, 20, 30 feet. Oh, that is very scary.
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
21 Feb 11
I don't liek flying at all... I hate the feeling when the pane taking off and when I think about I am in the air up 100000000000 feet in the sky... I feel panic. But I am gonna have to fly soon for almost 20 hours to go to the other side of the world...
@jwfarrimond (4473)
26 Jan 11
I fly quite often and I'd probably get worried about the fact that I'm being blasted through the stratosphere in a metal tube if I actually stopped to think about it. But I just bury my head a in a book and wait for the metal tube to come back to earth - hopefully in one piece!
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
29 Jan 11
Due to travel overseas being my top hobby I have to be able to fly on planes. I think of a plane as being the most convenient way to go to a long haul destination. Going by train is my favorite way to travel amd I happily travel by bus if there isnĀ“t a train. To get to my destination I had to take three planes. When I arrived I only had my hand luggage. My luggage was lost, found and put on a later flight. It arrived to my hotel minus three items.
• United States
27 Jan 11
No, I love to fly and have never been scared to fly. Of course it has probably been 5 years since the last time I have flown.
@doggydimon (1369)
• Philippines
29 Jan 11
Nope, I am not afraid to fly. I tend to think my time to fly is my only time to sleep when I travel. hahaha... Usually, when we travel we maximize the time. So it would be nice to sleep while on board to have the extra energy you need before you explore. And also after the trip, we use that time to fly to rest.
@thedaddym (1731)
• United States
26 Jan 11
I would not say that I am afraid to fly, but I do get a bit anxious. I don't like the take off at all it always makes me kind of nervous, but once we are up in the sky I am fine unless there is a lot of turbulence then it bothers me a bit. I also don't like sitting in one spot for a long time so I would say I am more annoyed by the whole flying process more than I am afraid of it.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
26 Jan 11
The feeling of flying is just one that I have never gotten easy around. Thankfully I have not done it all too often. Still the handful of times I have done, I am always holding in a breath and coming as close as someone to kissing solid ground without doing it that someone could be. I won't say I am scared but I'm just a bit paranoid that something will happen.