Want To Fly But Fear
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Frightened Flyer, you diagnosed yourself with "Fear of Flying" and mentioned that part of it is fear of the unknown, fear of your own fear and I will attribute the remaining part to "irrational fears." It may be news for you, but you are neither the first nor the only one with Fear of Flying and it is something that can be cured by tricking the irrational part of your mind in accepting that flying is safe. The real good news for you is that scientifically founded treatment routinely achieves over 90% success rate. There are several routes for you to get over your Fear of Flying, but full discussion of that is better taken to a site dedicated to conquering Fear of Flying. I am happy to answer any of your questions here, but I like to invite you to join the discussion at takingflight.us and meet other people that are trying to get over (or did get over) FoF there.
A lot of people have some level of apprehension about flying, me included (which is one of the reasons I stuck my uninvited nose into this forum in the first place). You sure it isn't 'anxiety' rather than 'fear', and then fear of being frightened than of anything worse ? I always try for a window seat and admire the view, after all you paid for it and 100 years ago what an unimaginable priviledge it would have seemed !
Have a look through these forums, this is a massive industry involving people for whom being in the air is being in the office, day in, day out over working lifetimes. It is not space exploration or a job only for the fearless !
And yes, no more research is required
Have a look through these forums, this is a massive industry involving people for whom being in the air is being in the office, day in, day out over working lifetimes. It is not space exploration or a job only for the fearless !
And yes, no more research is required
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Hi people, I just registered here to chime in to this thread.
I fly round about 10-15 destinations a year, most often from Paris CDG and back, sometimes with connecting flights from the south French city I live in.
Before I started to fly frequently, I kind of experienced flying as a bit scary, it made me nervous and I was most often scared during take-off and landing (as I had read that those moments were the most dangerous during a flight).
But after moving to France ten years ago (I am not French) I started to fly more frequently (back home during holidays etc.) and finally I got a job where I need to go abroad round about once or twice a month in average, all of a sudden I felt very comfortably with it, and I must say that now I really enjoy flying (even if longhauls make me very bored, and flying back to France from the US kills me for 3-4 days at least).
What I am trying to say is that you should just face your fear, and go, it's not flying you are afraid of, it most probably is about the unfamiliar situation, and that you don't have any way to control what's going on, ie. you don't have an option to jump off...
Thinking about worst case scenarios, is quite fatalistic, do you have a car? You know that driving a car is more dangerous than flying, not to talk about pedestrians, or bicyclists, statistically, flying should be the number one choice of everyone with "fear" for worst case scenarios...
Now go find a nice flight for you and your lady, so you get to enjoy life and see the world!
(I prefer to fly premium on longhauls, a dedicated space with less people = much better air in that space = less smashed on arrival, and since I am almost 2 meters tall, I need that extra leg-space).
Have fun!!!
I fly round about 10-15 destinations a year, most often from Paris CDG and back, sometimes with connecting flights from the south French city I live in.
Before I started to fly frequently, I kind of experienced flying as a bit scary, it made me nervous and I was most often scared during take-off and landing (as I had read that those moments were the most dangerous during a flight).
But after moving to France ten years ago (I am not French) I started to fly more frequently (back home during holidays etc.) and finally I got a job where I need to go abroad round about once or twice a month in average, all of a sudden I felt very comfortably with it, and I must say that now I really enjoy flying (even if longhauls make me very bored, and flying back to France from the US kills me for 3-4 days at least).
What I am trying to say is that you should just face your fear, and go, it's not flying you are afraid of, it most probably is about the unfamiliar situation, and that you don't have any way to control what's going on, ie. you don't have an option to jump off...
Thinking about worst case scenarios, is quite fatalistic, do you have a car? You know that driving a car is more dangerous than flying, not to talk about pedestrians, or bicyclists, statistically, flying should be the number one choice of everyone with "fear" for worst case scenarios...
Now go find a nice flight for you and your lady, so you get to enjoy life and see the world!
(I prefer to fly premium on longhauls, a dedicated space with less people = much better air in that space = less smashed on arrival, and since I am almost 2 meters tall, I need that extra leg-space).
Have fun!!!
Paxing All Over The World
I have reused this old thread to link to this amusing item. The author is very funny about his fear. Perhaps other feafuls will find it (at the least) amusing.
Rhodri Marsden: My first flight for four years... What happens if a wing falls off? - Commentators - Voices - The Independent
Rhodri Marsden: My first flight for four years... What happens if a wing falls off? - Commentators - Voices - The Independent
