Kellfire
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Agreed. Just highlighting the lack of medical nous in saying “alcohol = depressant = exacerbates anxietyâ€.
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Agreed. Just highlighting the lack of medical nous in saying “alcohol = depressant = exacerbates anxietyâ€.
Jasonr
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It does help me a bit on the plane. After take off, a couple of those little bottles of red they do and some grub and I can almost feel quite content but as I say it's the take off part more than anything that is the worst for me.
I have never got absolutely trollied on a flight before and really wouldn't fancy doing that either as it just makes the rest of the journey awful but those couple of glasses of wine do help.
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I am with the nervous flyers on this one. Turbulence scares the hell out of me even though you get bigger bumps just driving down the road everyday. It's the feeling of being out of control I guess. I am another one for the favourite music during take off idea although I found myself heading down the runway in Tampa in March listening to Shania Twain in concert and the track was "Up up up".
Until you see the cabin staff sitting down then you know you are OK. Another thing I did was to learn all about my route on one of the flight tracker apps. So I was aware of the time involved, the route, descent pattern etc. Helped me a lot knowing where I was and what turns to expect.
Would love to have got smashed but had to drive at either end. And even though I had a row to myself, still couldn't sleep a wink on the way home overnight.
All the best with the flight.
Until you see the cabin staff sitting down then you know you are OK. Another thing I did was to learn all about my route on one of the flight tracker apps. So I was aware of the time involved, the route, descent pattern etc. Helped me a lot knowing where I was and what turns to expect.
Would love to have got smashed but had to drive at either end. And even though I had a row to myself, still couldn't sleep a wink on the way home overnight.
All the best with the flight.
arnieboy
Challenge Tour Pro
Love flying, all part of the excitement of going on holiday. I am not a hand holder but HID insists on it during take off.
Khamelion
Tour Winner
Try Jersey in a 737, shortest runway in the UK, pilot has to slam the plane down on the very end of the runway, feels like you have crashed and the instant you hit it's in reverse, not a fun landing for the nervous.
chrisd
Major Champion
I'm never too sure of why people fear the take off more than the landing as I suspect more problems occur when the plan hits the ground 😁
my suggestion is to try flying from Inverness to Stornoway, Kirkwall /Sumburgh or any of the other isles when its windy.. any other flight we be as smooth as silk by comparison 
If we're talking short runways. Skiathos. We've been there twice - its of Mama Mia fame, although we were there either side of the film being made. Twice flew in on a 737. On the return journey you land at Thessaloniki in mainland Greece as the runway is too short to take off with a full load of fuel.
To quote our youngest on our first trip. Mum, "oh look how beautiful the sea is." Son, "never mind the sea, we're landing on someone's drive."
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ManinBlack
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I'm not nervous but a few years ago we were flying from Newcastle to Cyprus & we had to turn back to Manchester due to "a small technical problem, nothing to worry about" I was still fairly relaxed until, making our approach, I saw the fire engines lining the runway. We never did get back on that plane.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Dread flying. I understand the laws of physics and how a plane stays up there, but it doesn't make it any easier for me.
I find a few pints before I board helps no end, just enough to get me to that "I don't give a monkeys" frame of mind.
Went to Kos a few years ago with the Missus. Landings don't really bother me, in fact I think it's the best part of the flight, watching all the flaps and spoilers on the wings doing their bit as you descend.
All nice and smooth 'til we hit the tarmac. We all thought the bloody undercarriage was coming up through the floor it was that hard. Now that was scarey for a few seconds.....
I find a few pints before I board helps no end, just enough to get me to that "I don't give a monkeys" frame of mind.
Went to Kos a few years ago with the Missus. Landings don't really bother me, in fact I think it's the best part of the flight, watching all the flaps and spoilers on the wings doing their bit as you descend.
All nice and smooth 'til we hit the tarmac. We all thought the bloody undercarriage was coming up through the floor it was that hard. Now that was scarey for a few seconds.....
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Only piece about flying I don’t like is the bit in the middle....and that’s because I get bored very quickly.
Take off and landing are absolutely fine for me
Take off and landing are absolutely fine for me
GG26
Challenge Tour Pro
Used to hate flying and I am still apprehensive about it to some degree, but was as chilled as I ever have been when we flew to Palma a couple of weeks ago.
When you think about it when was the last time that a aircraft from the UK involved in an accident. Must be several years ago.
When you think about it when was the last time that a aircraft from the UK involved in an accident. Must be several years ago.
MegaSteve
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It's the confinement I struggle with...
Now, if I could afford business class it might be different...
Now, if I could afford business class it might be different...
Tashyboy
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Spoke to the lads re going to algarve next year, could be a problem as Melly won't fly. He reckons he is gonna go on one of those " don't like flying " courses. We will see bless him
Lazkir
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They do work apparently, someone I knew went on one and was fine afterwards.
I'm ok with flying, but my middle daughter is terrified of it. Got so bad that she got a tramadol prescription from her doctor just so she could board a plane.
srixon 1
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When I was in the navy I must have clocked up a couple of hundred hours flying in the Lynx helicopter and loved it. It was mainly as an engineer doing test flights after major maintenance to make sure that everything was working properly. Making sure that a new engine or gearbox worked as it should.
I also spent a fair bit of time dangling on a bit of wire as the winchman, usually about 40 or 50 feet up in the air. Never actually rescued anybody but did loads of training. Would still do it today if I could.
I also spent a fair bit of time dangling on a bit of wire as the winchman, usually about 40 or 50 feet up in the air. Never actually rescued anybody but did loads of training. Would still do it today if I could.
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After doing 2 yrs on attachment with The Fleet Air Arm absolutely no issue with going in a helicopter and loved every minute of it.
But, going on a Herc from Bruggen to Skopje we had to return to Bruggen 10 minutes after take off when the fuel line in a bedford truck we were sitting by the side of split and started pouring diesel into the floor of the aircraft, rear doors opened as soon as we hit the runway and fire engines chasing us down.
Literally told to run and get off as soon as soon as the Herc stopped.
All of us 24hrs in Wegberg for observations as apparently we’d been exposed to so much diesel fumes in a confined space, then back out to Skopje 48hrs later.
Thankfully there were no vehicles on this flight.
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
I love flying because you are going somewhere. I do fly quite a bit with work and on holidays. Worst I have had was massive turbulence over the Congo basin on a flight back home. Plane felt like it was in a washing machine and the air stewards were also looking a bit nervous. Pilot was ace and kept chatting to us. Telling us how long we had until he was out of the storm and how he had changed course to avoid as much of it as possible. That area can be pretty hairy and it is not uncommon for the 5 daily flights to go a few hundred kilometers out of their way to avoid the storms there.
srixon 1
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I'm surprised that the truck wasn't defulled first to prevent that kind of thing happening.
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They have to be drained to below 1/4 tank, it was the fuel line to the engine that came apart, it had been freezing the night before and they reckon it had froze then thawed out once on plane.
