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Fear of flying
by 
BA of the A-team knew it “I ain’t getting in no plane.”
However, I do get in a plane and I feel anxious, terrified and cry every time the plane lifts off and takes down.
When the airplane hits turbulence, it feels like a nightmare in which I can’t escape. I’m 4 km above ground and I have no control over anything. I tried several medicines, potions and alcohol to calm my nerves, but it’s useless. Still I’m dragging my butt on a plane; 8 times this year already.
So why do I do this?
I want to see the world.
I can drive to every country in Europe and even Asia could be reached by car, but why would I drive days, if not weeks to my destination? Airplanes have made the world so small that Australia can be reached within 30 hours! No car can take me across the ocean. Face it, if you want to see the world, you‘ll have to fly.
The fear.
My actual fear is in a case of an emergency. I’d be helpless and have to put my soul in the hands of the pilots. I don’t have issues handing over my tasks or chores to other people, but when it comes to flying I might just be a control freak.
I really do see my life passing before my eyes when I set foot in yet another claustrophobic, sardine canned, economy class seat. I can’t help but to mumble that I still want to do so much in my life and that I’ll do better if the plane lands safely at its destination.
The facts.
According to several articles, flying is the safest transport. According to David Ropeik, a risk communication instructor at Harvard University, you are more likely to be struck by lightning than to die in a plane crash. At this moment, fatal accidents only occur once every two million flights. And even if something happens, there’s an estimated 95% chance of survival based on studies from the National Transportation Safety board of past commercial aircraft accidents.
Another fact: all commercial aircrafts are designed to operate perfectly well with only one engine. Even if both engines decide to give up, the aircraft is still able to glide down and have a safe landing. Chances of this to happen are 1 in a billion and that’s a number so small, I can’t even imagine.
The thing is that media puts a magnifying glass on every air crash. This makes me think that such things happen every day.
Facts do ease my mind, but it can’t silence the voice that whispers “but what if you are in that 1 out of something airplane??”
The things is, if I let this fear win, I’m giving up on so many great adventures and that’s enough reason to drag my worried mind up into the sky.
However, I do get in a plane and I feel anxious, terrified and cry every time the plane lifts off and takes down.
When the airplane hits turbulence, it feels like a nightmare in which I can’t escape. I’m 4 km above ground and I have no control over anything. I tried several medicines, potions and alcohol to calm my nerves, but it’s useless. Still I’m dragging my butt on a plane; 8 times this year already.
So why do I do this?
I want to see the world.
I can drive to every country in Europe and even Asia could be reached by car, but why would I drive days, if not weeks to my destination? Airplanes have made the world so small that Australia can be reached within 30 hours! No car can take me across the ocean. Face it, if you want to see the world, you‘ll have to fly.
The fear.
My actual fear is in a case of an emergency. I’d be helpless and have to put my soul in the hands of the pilots. I don’t have issues handing over my tasks or chores to other people, but when it comes to flying I might just be a control freak.
I really do see my life passing before my eyes when I set foot in yet another claustrophobic, sardine canned, economy class seat. I can’t help but to mumble that I still want to do so much in my life and that I’ll do better if the plane lands safely at its destination.
The facts.
According to several articles, flying is the safest transport. According to David Ropeik, a risk communication instructor at Harvard University, you are more likely to be struck by lightning than to die in a plane crash. At this moment, fatal accidents only occur once every two million flights. And even if something happens, there’s an estimated 95% chance of survival based on studies from the National Transportation Safety board of past commercial aircraft accidents.
Another fact: all commercial aircrafts are designed to operate perfectly well with only one engine. Even if both engines decide to give up, the aircraft is still able to glide down and have a safe landing. Chances of this to happen are 1 in a billion and that’s a number so small, I can’t even imagine.
The thing is that media puts a magnifying glass on every air crash. This makes me think that such things happen every day.
Facts do ease my mind, but it can’t silence the voice that whispers “but what if you are in that 1 out of something airplane??”
The things is, if I let this fear win, I’m giving up on so many great adventures and that’s enough reason to drag my worried mind up into the sky.
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