People Afraid of Flying: What Remedy?

Na which kind flyinq this poster dey yarn abi na the witch own? 

@ Nigeria 1
What has what you posted above got to do what the topic at hand  I tire fo una oh!

just passingby

i also hav air/height phobia, and i beliv road transport is safer even though air transport record fewer crashes, funny abi?
its the flights within nigeria i dread most and i do all my best to avoid them though sometimes it is inevitable

i read some statistics that made me more scard, something like if a plane has 1000 crucial components and one component becomes faulty unnoticed, then the probability of a crash is 0.999, after i heard that, i cancelled a visit 2 my friend in abuja, the next time i entered a plane abroad, all i could tink of was that statistic and during that flight, i tot i heard a kinda different noise in the area i was sitting(i still beliv i heard it), i had to car the hostess attentn who was just smilin while i was talkin of a possible serious matter, she suggested i sleep off, i replied God Forbid in this kinda dangerous circumstances, i just gripped my only books and continued praying(i still think thats why that plane did not crash)

now, i rush sleepin pills b4 d flight and make sure i'm goin wit someone or hook up wit someone @d airport(i've almost missed flights though i dont travel a lot)
i cant bliv i'm such a scared kitty, i hav a plan on d way to study planes and also to try sky-diving and especially parachute jumping as hobbies and, u know

also, i neva found out whether we are allowed to take parachute on board even though most crashes don't allow time for that(i beliv i can still manoeuvre some time)

don't 4get, repent and be good if u are going to be travellin by air

If na me a go sayo wel wel b/4 i enter plane, I mean just take at least 5 bottle of HARP OR STAR. or what did u think readers?

Ironically, people more often than not die of what they dread so much.

@ topic,

the remedy is to avoid flying and look for other suitable means of transportation.

The Emirates planes have on board cameras. One underneath the plane and the other on the nose of the plane. Apparently its supposed to allay the fears of nervous passengers by giving them a sense of understanding of their environment.

This achieved the opposite in my case. On Arriving at Gatwick and the plane was taxing to its allocated hanger and just as I was breathing a sigh of relief, I switched this function on for the first time and nearly collapsed in fear when I saw how close the plane was to the airport terminal building. I was thinking to myself will this plane stop or are we going to go through the glass??

I think most of the fear stems from the fact that as passengers, we have no control over the vehicle. When I am driving and in control of my car, I am happy to do 85 miles an hour on the motorway but I don’t feel comfortable when any one else drives me even at 40 miles an hour and am constantly pressing this imaginary brake and telling the driver to slow down.

As a plane passenger you are relying on many things…… ground technical staff to tighten and fit parts correctly, the correct amount of fuel is put on the plane, Pilots reading the manual correctly and flicking the correct buttons, the doors have been closed properly,  the landing gear will work, etc etc etc and …………, of course one hopes that the computers display the correct information to the flight crew……………, Software testers are probably the most nervous passengers J

I read a story a couple of years ago about 1 passenger who died and several others injured in turbulence so I take turbulence very seriously.

…………….and nervous passengers MUST NEVER watch Air Crash Investigation on the national Geographic TV channel.

God is the only one we can & should rely on

@Nigeria1

Is this sheer folly or display of retardness?. I didn't know they have started allowing mental patients to use ward computers.

It is simple - most people only get scared when the plane is taking off and feel like their stomach is lifting . . . . . you have to lean forward when the plane is taking off and you wont have any problem.

@digiman

thanks a lot i guess im a bit relieved now 

wat kinda question is dat @popsonj

flying is one thing i like,  i stay up most flight not because i can't sleep but rather i love seeing the view from the sky.
for those that don't like flying, one thing that use to work for me before i became a height maniac is to remember that
if the Pilot knows he/she can't fly the plane he/she will not pilot it and the only way  .to guarantee is life is to land the plane safely.

P.S. i just went skydiving that shit was fun. I will open up a thread with pictures.

Don't be relieved yet, anytime you are on board just keep calling Mallam Musa's name softly, believe me you'll sleep like a baby till you get to your destination.

ha!! you wan worsen the guy case be that

@post think more of the positivity when flying and take your mind of the plane by thinking of something else, reading novels or the like will help

take a flying without fear course virgin atlantic does 1 checkout www.flyingwithoutfear.info if u type flying without fear in goggle you would see a lot of different courses on flying without fear