Do you worry about flying?

I never worry about flying. It's the method of reconnecting with terra firma that concerns me.
 
We went to Dublin a few years back and landed in torrential conditions. It's the only ever flight I've been on where the pilot received a round of applause for landing :eek: Was quite scary and I was certain we would crash land, but flight is still the safest mode of transport, and it hasn't stopped me going anywhere via plane.
 
I used to until a good friend who worked for BA took me up to Heathrow to play on the flight simulators for a whole afternoon :)
It was geat fun flying round the world and calmed any fears I had :thumbs:
 
Never really been bothered, and been in some quite extreme conditions, cabin crew and trollies flying through the air, we dropped about 2000 feet in one bit of turbulence. I used to fly helicopters though, so understand the physics a bit :)
 
That video certainly show some scary landings :eek: The one where it's coming in over the city....woooaaaa!!!!
 
they look like 10 of the best landing at Guernseys airport every day:D

That last one wasa little scary. will never stop me flying though love it.

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A few brown trousers on those flights.
I always hate landings at Leeds bradford where there's, even on good days, bad side winds.
Had some pretty horrendous landings, epsecially last year when we were the last plane in for the evening, on a very stormy night and the aircraft before us had diverted to Doncaster because of the conditions.
I said to the stewardess "I hate landing here when it's stormy". She said, "our pilots dread it too" - Gulp!
 
Grendel said:
That video certainly show some scary landings :eek: The one where it's coming in over the city....woooaaaa!!!!
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If that was the Kai Tak (old Hong Kong airport) which was in there it was a giggle and a half. I used to do that flight 3-4 times a year and had some 'interesting' landings. The running game was to see what was on Studio 930 (21:30 nightly movie) through the windows of the flats and try and get home to see who was right before the end of the movie :D :D :D

Wish I had a camera when the China Airlines flights overcooked it and ended up in the sea at the end of the runway...

Worst flight I had was an drop from 34000 ft to 9000, a big aussie bloke three rows back literally needed to change his pants and when the pilots got off they were white as a sheet. I'll never forget my mothers comment "If we land on the sea you will swim away and save yourselves won't you". We didn't have the heart to say that if we landed in the sea none of us would be swimming away :lol:

Still love to fly though...
 
It does worry me a little bit. I fully understand the physics, I know why and how planes fly and that it's the safest form of travel, I just hate the fact that somebody else is flying the plane. It's a lack of control issue for me, that somebody else could make a mistake that could kill me, and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

I would actually love to learn how to fly myself.
 
minimeeze said:
We went to Dublin a few years back and landed in torrential conditions. It's the only ever flight I've been on where the pilot received a round of applause for landing :eek: Was quite scary and I was certain we would crash land, but flight is still the safest mode of transport, and it hasn't stopped me going anywhere via plane.
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Landing in the rain on a plane shouldn't matter too much I'd have thought, as the reverse thrusters do most of the stopping power, rather than physical brakes on the wheels.
 
RichardC27 said:
It does worry me a little bit. I fully understand the physics, I know why and how planes fly and that it's the safest form of travel, I just hate the fact that somebody else is flying the plane. It's a lack of control issue for me, that somebody else could make a mistake that could kill me, and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

I would actually love to learn how to fly myself.
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I'm the same, also that dropping sensation you get when just taking off makes me want to curl up and die...
 
Flying isn't dangerous..............crashing is!!!
 
I love flying. I wish my interest in photograpy was as keen as it is now when I was gliding as a hobby. Sitting at 21,000' above the Scottish mountains in crystal clear weather would have made for some wonderful photographs.
 
No problem with flying I love it. i even did a few lessons in a cesner and want to go the full hog to get the licence on a microlight. I find it so sexy to be able to fly or be in control of a plane. Anyone can learn how to drive and own a car, but you get a higher level of coolness or respect when you say "im a pilot."
 
trencheel303 said:
Landing in the rain on a plane shouldn't matter too much I'd have thought, as the reverse thrusters do most of the stopping power, rather than physical brakes on the wheels.
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Tyres can still aquaplane though...
 
trencheel303 said:
Landing in the rain on a plane shouldn't matter too much I'd have thought, as the reverse thrusters do most of the stopping power, rather than physical brakes on the wheels.
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It wasn't so much the rain, but the force 10 gale that accompanied it - the rain was coming down sideways :eek:
 
Have never flown so don't know scares me or not.
 
Fair play to them pilots though. The worst landing I ever experienced was when we were about 15min from Gibraltar when the Lavanta cloud came down. It came over on the intercom about the cloud and said the captain would see what it was like, what they failed to mention was his idea of seeing what it was like was landing :lol: I swear he just dropped the plane down on all wheels when it must have been 20ft above the tarmac :eek:
 
I've only ever flown twice (four times if you include return journeys) and it never really bothered me. Infact I thought it was really exciting, especially take off in a jet! :D

The second trip was on a wee Saab, 30 seater sorta size to Shetland... which is of course notorious for fog... pilot circled to a few times to 'wait for a clear patch in the fog'. I remember looking out the window first time he tried to land, and virtually seeing the runway appear in a matter of seconds before full throttle and abort the landing (those of you who have flown into Sumburgh know its got the sea at each end of the runway lol - its on a peninsula)... got down second time no problems with a :clap: from the passengers. :D

Edit - oh yeh, just remembered, the pilot said he only had enough fuel for 2 attempts a landing. lol.

Ever watched those Air Craft Investigation programmes that used to be on Channel 4? There were some right scary stuff on that!
 
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CraigyBoy86 said:
Ever watched those Air Craft Investigation programmes that used to be on Channel 4? There were some right scary stuff on that!
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Love that show however after watching 2 seasons of it i noticed something. If the pilots survived then they were heros who battled an electical/hydralic faliure. if the pilots died they were ALWAYS the cause of the crash no matter what reason did make the plane go down, even if the wing got clipped by a meteor it was the pilots fault, simply because he couldnt come back to contest it.

But back to the video it doesn't put me off at all, in fact it is an example of exceptional trained pilots that can still have control over a plane thats being hammered by mother nature. You have to also remember that most of these pilots didnt leave school and apply to airline companies they spent years in the air force flying fighter planes throughout most of their career before transferring over to airlines
 
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Flew EMA to GLA and back every week for a year when I was working up there, it sort of became a bit like getting the bus (in fact, I think I got on more planes than busses that year!!).
The bits I really hate about flying is all the stuff associated with it: Early check-ins, delays, cancellations, hours sat in departure lounges, and most of all waiting for the baggage handlers to finish their tea break and get the luggage in while just wanting to get home at 8pm on Friday night. The actual flying never bothered me.

The pilots on that route had a bit of a reputation of putting the plane down quite hard on the tarmac while landing, and I did one hear an old dear in the row behind me ask her partner "Did we land, or were we shot down?" which had me in tears of laughter!

Anone seen Rhod Gillberts sketch about airlines and baggage? That pretty much sums up the airlines attitude to customer satisfaction!!
 
Just seen this thread.

I have never been worried about flying. My opinion is that the the pilot is also gonna have a reason to live so will be doing everything they can to keep the thing in the air!

I have had some interesting landings. One really bouncy one at Naples airport and a bit of side ways action out in one of the Arab states. But my best take off and landing experience was at Lukla Airport in the Himalayas.

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Twin engine Otter coming in to a short, wet runway with a 12% gradient. Awesome!!
 
IanC_UK said:
Over 100 hours of flying in my log book :)
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I'm guessing at Sywell

Flying has never worried me, the pilots are well trained and they're in the plane, if they ever invent the radio controlled 747 that's when i'll give it a miss :D
 
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Sure as hell beats walking to Crete!

At Heraklion airport there are usually crosswinds but we've only had one (well, 4 bounces!) iffy landing. The chief steward even thanked the pilot for all the landings after that one! If you're flying in there for the first time and you're on the right hand side of the plave, it's a bit unnerving - you don't see land until about a second before touchdown, just water!
 
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