Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
Fear of flying is at best irrational the way it pops it's head up now and then. Triggers personal to the person, based on something, based on nothing depending. I had it some years back for a year or so where I was flying as much as pilots do and whilst most flights were ok, there were a few episodes that were so awful, full on panic attacks and a trip in an ambulance from the air-stairs to hospital so bad was the feeling.
As to repeating a question, if you're anything like me you might forget something you typed in a while back, and there's been a bit going on in the world since 2019 for most people! Sometimes an old thread will be restarted and I realise that I had already made several posts in the thread, but completely forgotten about them.
I think the fear is to do with crashing, rather than flying!
After a 45 year career as a pilot, I still try to minimise risk in whatever way I can because I have no intention of flying directly to my final resting place. If I had the choice of choosing aircraft type, I’d take it.