I went through a phase when I was really afraid of flying - started when my first daughter was born. She was a preemie, so I think that los of control coupled with the new responsibilities really had something to do with it.
I used to feel better on the window, but now, I've come to like the aisle. I used to get a crick in my nek staring out the window, but I find if I sit on the aisle, even during turbulence, I can just look out and loose the sense I'm in a plane - that I'm just in a big room that might bounce a little.
It's incredibly more safe to be in a plane. I've driven by many car crashes. Some of them pretty bad (comes from almost 20 years of driving highways to and from work). I've yet to drive by a plane crash (although I drive near one of the world's busiest airports - used to pass it almost every day).
Look, horrible things can happen at any time to almost anyone. You can't live your life afraid of that. I'm flying more now than I ever have before, and actually most of my flights have been very pleasant. The worst of them wasn't even that bad (5 minutes of bad turbulence flying through a thunderstorm over the Rockies). Star Tours was much bouncier.
I think the fear of flying isn't really about flying per se, but about things in your life (at least it was that way for me). Can I guarantee your safety? No. But I can't guarantee something might not kill you right in your home either!
Look, everything has a risk, but flying just is not that great of one, so it shouldn't scare you any more than getting into a car or stepping into a shower.
For me, getting at why I felt afraid was the heart of it.
I used to feel better on the window, but now, I've come to like the aisle. I used to get a crick in my nek staring out the window, but I find if I sit on the aisle, even during turbulence, I can just look out and loose the sense I'm in a plane - that I'm just in a big room that might bounce a little.
It's incredibly more safe to be in a plane. I've driven by many car crashes. Some of them pretty bad (comes from almost 20 years of driving highways to and from work). I've yet to drive by a plane crash (although I drive near one of the world's busiest airports - used to pass it almost every day).
Look, horrible things can happen at any time to almost anyone. You can't live your life afraid of that. I'm flying more now than I ever have before, and actually most of my flights have been very pleasant. The worst of them wasn't even that bad (5 minutes of bad turbulence flying through a thunderstorm over the Rockies). Star Tours was much bouncier.
I think the fear of flying isn't really about flying per se, but about things in your life (at least it was that way for me). Can I guarantee your safety? No. But I can't guarantee something might not kill you right in your home either!
Look, everything has a risk, but flying just is not that great of one, so it shouldn't scare you any more than getting into a car or stepping into a shower.
For me, getting at why I felt afraid was the heart of it.
