Fear of flying

[ChrisCurvyS]

Anyone on here hate flying?

I know I'm pathetic and it's the safest form of travel etc etc, but I'm not good with at all.

Flying to the states next month though so I've booked myself on a one-day course with BA which includes a short flight. Anyone ever done it?

scared of flying also still jumped out of a plane though, what is the course all about? does it claim to help your fear of it? if so where do i sign up?

I'm not scared of Flying. Its the crashing which gets me :P

[Bibio]

i'm the opposite. i love flying but i have a fear of heights and suffer from mild vertigo

get this, i used to do rock climbing... i was fine on accent and decent but never liked standing on the edge looking down. lol

what is the specific fear you have of flying?

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i'm the opposite. i love flying but i have a fear of heights and suffer from mild vertigo

get this, i used to do rock climbing... i was fine on accent and decent but never liked standing on the edge looking down. lol

what is the specific fear you have of flying?

I am almost exactly the same as you bibs! I especially love landing, where you all of a sudden feel like your balls are somewhere up near your ears! as for climbing and abseiling, love 'em, bar the going 'over the edge' abseiling and looking down is an absolute no no!! I think I do them (when I can) because they scare me so much, gives me a bit of an adrenaline rush as does riding the bike.

[ChrisCurvyS]

Originally Posted by Bibio

i'm the opposite. i love flying but i have a fear of heights and suffer from mild vertigo

get this, i used to do rock climbing... i was fine on accent and decent but never liked standing on the edge looking down. lol

what is the specific fear you have of flying?

It's a bit complicated.

Combination of vertigo, claustrophobia and just generally not being in control. Hate being locked in, thinking about the sheer height you're at makes me dizzy, and I don't like how if anything does go wrong, there's feck all you can do about it - just got to sit there and prepare to be torn apart/burnt/drowned in your seat.

I used to be fine with flying as a kid but was a passenger in a car crash at 18 (numpty driver thought 90 was an appropriate speed in sleet) so I think that's partly responsible.

As your case shows we've all got our quirks. You often hear about pilots who can't stand heights.

[ChrisCurvyS]

Originally Posted by granty92

scared of flying also still jumped out of a plane though, what is the course all about? does it claim to help your fear of it? if so where do i sign up?

There's a few - BA, Virgin and EasyJet do them:

http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/...ith-confidence

Not cheap though at around £250.

Fair play to you for doing that - my Mrs has done a fair few skydives and was never remotely scared, whereas I think my heart would explode.

Then again, she has full-on panic attacks at the sight of needles, whereas they don't bother me in the slightest.

[Bibio]

df118's

my attitude on life is ''if my time is up, it's up''' there is feck all that you can do about it so why worry about it.

i just hope i'm doing something i love when it does happen rather than sitting soiling myself in a nursing home.

Landing and take off is the best part on a passenger plane. I love flying, my most memorable flight was when I sat in the back of a Harvard doing stalls & wing-overs in a clear blue sky over Wiltshire amazing!

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by ChrisCurvyS

Then again, she has full-on panic attacks at the sight of needles, whereas they don't bother me in the slightest.

ermmm guilty i go week at the knees and cold sweats. it's the initial 'scratch' that freaks me out. once the needle is in then i dont give a burger, it's getting the thing in there in the first place. oohh and i have to be jabbed fairly often so you think i would be used to it