Hog Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 In planes. I hate it. What about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I hate it too. I have two six hour plane rides coming up in a fortnight. I'm extremely paranoid of getting a DVT for various legitimate reasons I can't be bothered typing out. I'm also terrified of crashing, and in fact on any plane ride or high speed car journey I obsess over what would happen in different crash scenarios. I've never told anyone that before. How confessional the internet is at 1am with only two goldfish for company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimr Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I had a conversation on a trip to amsterdam with a 6 year old girl who couldn't stop shaking. I gave her the spiel about you're more likely to die in a car crash than a plane crash, but she wasn't buying it, she just looked at me with renewed terror and said " i think we're getting a taxi from the airport" I love flying, though I got paranoid on the way to spain when I looked out the window to see a fighter jet tailing us and started looking around the plane for Kurt Russell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cowboy Dan Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I've been on about 30 flights in my lifetime, going to australia again over christmas, that's 24 hours of flying each way. I have no problem with flying, just so long as they have the TVs on the back of the seats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I'm not a fan of it, I've been on heaps of flights in my life,longest flights being to Detroit and another to New York. I freaked out on the latter, crying and everything, I really worried my dad (I was about 17 at the time, mortifyingly embarrassing). Strangely I flew to Gran Canaria a few months later and was fine.To be honest I'm one of those people who worries about stupid things like that most of the time, I don't let it get too obsessive, but I get irrational worries about crashing/falling/general pain quite a lot. Best way to combat a fear of flying? A few stiff drinks and some headphones coupled with the knowledge that if the plane does go down there's nothing you can do anyway, so why worry about something you can't prevent.Not that it's ever helped me I get flight fear just thinking about it now *shudders* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I hate flying. I'm going to Ibiza in a few weeks and I'm shitting it about the flight already.Last time I got on a plane in fact I was crapping it so much I actually crossed myself and prayed. Some atheist I am... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKMartin Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I LOVE flying. I get all excited like a kid when the plane's taking off and landing. I get excited when the captain starts telling us what the weather's like and how high the plane is. I get excited when the stewardess hands out the thimbleful of juice and three bits of rubber and sawdust that constitutes an in-flight meal. I get excited when we're coming in to land and the engines screech and the plane starts plummetting and the seatbelt lights come on. And most of all, I get excited when the plane bursts through all those grey Scottish clouds into an absolutely endless expanse of blue sky.I love flying.AKMOh, and I forgot to mention how much I love airports too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I love flying too, great fun.anyone been gliding / flying a cesna ?I did gliding for my 30th, it was amazing...so relaxing...I'd reccomend it to anyone (who likes flying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Marlin Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I did a lot of gliding and flying when I was in the air cadets years ago, best fun ever.I ended up doing a 20 hour flying course in Cessnas, paid for by the RAF. After eight hours flying the instructor got out told me to go up and do a couple of circuits. Scariest moment of my life. I was 17, just started learning to drive, and suddenly I'm flying a plane on my own. o_O I'm going to try and finish my PPL when I manage to save enough money / win the lottery. it's damn expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threeornothing Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 The furthest I've been on a plane is London, but that was exciting enough for me, especially doing it every week. Airports are a fucking hassle, I'd rather just walk on than all the bullshit, but I guess we're all potential terrorists these days. Airport cafes are overpriced aswell.But the taking off is ace....and when the weather is clear the view is awesome. Landings always suck, then the time waiting for baggage sucks aswell (hint..travel light) but yeah... love it. What I fucking hate are ferries...I thought I had finally conquered travel sickness until I was on a ferry, and we're talking a short dover-calais run here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I love flying! One of my worst memories of flying was on Scandinavian Airlines when I was about six, I was waiting for the toilet and this Norwegian lady went in the toilet but then came out and smiled, saying that I could go first. I thought I was incredibly lucky, but when I went in there was shite smeared all over the back half of the seat But last time I went on holiday we flew to Singapore and then Sydney so it was a pretty long flight, and we were sitting next to the toilets so people were queueing behind me for them. So I did the quiz game they had on the in-flight game thingy a load of times until I knew all the questions and then I looked SO intelligent to all of those people in the queue. Also, my little sister and I always scare my littler sister by flying our hands like planes and then making them spiral off in odd directions, or collide with walls, or just plain crash, with magnificent sound effects. Or make comments like, "Well, I'm pleasantly surprised after such a peaceful takeoff. Then again, it is only 65% of Qantas planes that crash." Juvenile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Yeah, I like flying.Helicopters are cool too.Anyone jumped out a plane? I wanted to go parachuting a couple of years back, so generous old me bought a couple of tandem jumps for my girlfriend's birthday. Aren't I thoughtful.She was bricking it. I fuckin loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeinzHines Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Flying is great fun....but long journeys with shitty small seats are rubbish....i love airplane chat aswell...you can hear people say the most stupid things....my mum was coming back from Houston last week when a lady returned from the toilet...she then leant over her seat and said to my mum 'ive just started my period' ......classic..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest bluesxman Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Doesn't bother me, kind of had to get used to it when I worked offshore - used to have to get a plane to Shetland then a chopper to the platform. First time flying = first trip offshore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 oooooh i love it all, the trip to the airport, the handing over of baggage, the scanning of hand-luggage, the 'beeps' of the body scan, the wait in the departure lounge, finding my seat, watching the 'in case of emergency' videos/sheets, take-off, inflight movie, the sucking noise the toilet makes, the fold-down table, the window seat, the breakthrough of clouds, watching tiny little boats, flying over my house, flying over britain in general, flying over the sea, the aeroplane chat, the ears-popping, the wee sweets, the tiny coke cans, the tax-free trolley, the pilots announcements, landing, the burst of heat, the foreign language in the airport, the chance to sit down and have a fag, picking up my luggage, excited people, waiting for a taxi..the only bitt i dont like is the taxi in a foreign country, they all drive so fucking fast and swervy-like.flying = yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I like the fact than when you fly into London you can see the Eastenders map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Of Fudge Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 flying's ace. although i remember an exgirlfriend busting both ear drums flying in from new york - she had a cold. it was fucking freezing in aberdeen (december). she wasn't best pleased.flying circus in moshulu is ace too. see you all there tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky_D Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 being in the cadets i got to fly quite alot which was kool being up in an AWACs at RAF Waddington was the best but the food wasnt great being in the RAF now theres plenty of chances to fly, gunna put my name down for a flight in a hawk i think! ( hawk is the same aircraft as a red arrow if anyone doesnt know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessHolly Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 I love flying. I like a quick jaunt, you get something average to eat, can have a couple of vodkas, read a book, masturbate in the toilets so you can add it to your list of places you've come, look out the window, guess what the weather will be like when you land. It's ace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 As long as it is not with British Airways then im not too bothered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessHolly Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 As long as it is not with British Airways then im not too bothered.I think you mean Sleazyjet. Flew to Greece with them once. Rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 haven't went with them so can't say.Just despise BA's food range.New Delhi shite...my stomach doesn't agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstardawn Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 i don't mind it as long as the journey is generally less than four hours long. i get really paranoid about getting a blood clot, and dying on a plane doesn't really appeal to me that much. but other than that, it's just a bit boring more than anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Jazz Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 I think you mean Sleazyjet. Flew to Greece with them once. Rubbish.Of course they're rubbish. That's why they cost fuck all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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