Comments on: Fear of flying over water? Here’s what you need to know

By: Levi Brown

Levi Brown — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:12:54 +0000

Great feedback! If anyone wants to fly without any fear, you should do training under a professional trainer. For becoming a pilot and to get a degree in aviation, Go for Insignia College, which I personally recommended!

By: fatsportpilot

fatsportpilot — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:45:48 +0000

I’m a pilot (of a light single-engine propeller plane, not a jet) and although I don’t have any fear of flying, I do have a fear of heights. Even a 2 step ladder makes me tense up, but I am comfortable climbing to 10,000 feet. However I am no longer able to fly in airliners because of damage to my ear. Passenger jet cabins are pressurized to the equivalent 8,000 feet but unlike in a private plane, if my ear hurts I can’t tell the pilots to stop climbing level out! But in my own plane I can.

Everyone who is afraid of flying has probably heard that flying is the safest way to travel (which is true). Even though I’m a pilot myself, the expertise of a modern airline pilot just blows me away, and the safety of a modern turbofan engine makes even the most reliable piston engines look like lego toys.

By: rose

rose — Sun, 09 May 2021 19:31:23 +0000

Everybody always look so calm on the flights. I start hyperventilating and almost crying. No matter what science is behind this, flying in a metal tube at these heights is not natural. I wish we could do some sort of train system around the world. I would prefer boats any day even if it took weeks.

By: Ethel

Ethel — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:13:43 +0000

wow! I’m shocked to see how many people have a severe fear of flying. (people certainly do not show it..) This makes me feel better – I’m not the only one freaking out on every flight and especially during turbulence…!

By: Mandalay Moore

Mandalay Moore — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:59:38 +0000

I consider myself very very lucky that I have no phobia of flying over any kind of landscape, terrain or even during turbulences while in full flight. The most ‘disturbing’ flight I have ever been on was a short one hour flight from Guayaquil to Loja in Ecuador this summer where the flight was so disruptive, the male passengers who wanted to nap the flight away were regularly shaken and stirred during that 50 min route. That being said, brain entrainment and also, understanding the cerebral ‘fight – flight’ triggers can not only help you to overcome and undo (not get rid of – UN/deprogramming is really the term here) your irrational fears, it can literally and dramatically change who you believe to be or what makes you tick. Meditation, breathing exercises and visualisation are major tools in not only overcoming any fears you may have, it will change your entire mental, emotional and bio-physiological response patterns.

The benefit of working with these approaches is that it frees you up not just from a fear of flying (or everything that’s connected to it) but it applies to other areas of your life as well. What applies to ONE area of your life, normally is resurfacing in other areas of your life, too, even if you may not be aware of the interconnectedness of those patterns. My life has changed so much for the better even though fear of flying was not one of the [bad] habits I was suffering from.

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By: d

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 23:17:53 +0000

I just have a fear of ling flights. I was kinda scared when flying form IAD-GRU because you’re over the ocean and the Amazon for a while

By: Local Goes Global

Local Goes Global — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:07:40 +0000

I really appreciate your honesty. I battle travel anxiety, specifically flying. I have been working hard to overcome it and articles like this one help. Recently we flew to Ireland, crossing the Atlantic Ocean; terrified doesn’t even begin to describe my feelings. If you get a moment, I would love for you to check out my page for more on conquering anxiety. 🙂

By: Jon I. A. Palmqvist

Jon I. A. Palmqvist — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:02:00 +0000

In reply to Jason carter.I have the same type of feeling. For me it really depends on the pilot and aircraft model as well. "Sporty" pilots are not appreciated. Flew with Lufthansa in september 2017 and that pilot must have thought he was doing a flight show because he tossed the plane around. I actually got so upset that I took contact with the crew and explained my experience. The rest of the flight was calm. Also the different aircraft types gives different experiences. Airbus A330/340 are very nice aircrafts but I really dislike them during landing. Boeing 777-300ER is my preffered aircraft due to its nice handling.

By: Seanno

Seanno — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:06:13 +0000

My sister developed a petrifying fear of flying as a QF cabin crew member. After decades of not flying she got treated by a homeopath and is fearlessly back in the air! I’m the greatest sceptic when it comes to this sort of stuff and would not have believed it, but it worked.

By: Jason carter

Jason carter — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:09:27 +0000

Great feedback, actually I’m afraid of taking off and the initial climb to altitude. As a frequent flyer it is very disconcerting and by the time altitude is reached I am sweating, have clammy hands and generally breathing a sigh of relief. This does not help whichever cabin I sit in.

Anyhow the above has not stopped my passion of travelling