Fear of flying / aviaphobia

[Sue]

I am writing a piece on the fear of flying and comical ways that some
people have tried to overcome this. If you have any funny tale you
can share with me, please email me and let me know. If your story is
used in my final article, I will send you a copy before publication.
Thanks for your help.

[mike regish]

Well, my wife pours herself a tall, stiff drink to bring along and buries
her head in a book until we land.

mike regish

"Sue" > wrote in message
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> I am writing a piece on the fear of flying and comical ways that some
> people have tried to overcome this. If you have any funny tale you
> can share with me, please email me and let me know. If your story is
> used in my final article, I will send you a copy before publication.
> Thanks for your help.

[Tony Cox]

"mike regish" > wrote in message
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> Well, my wife pours herself a tall, stiff drink to bring along and buries
> her head in a book until we land.
>

My GF hates flying too & again, as in many areas of life,
drink is the answer.

One doesn't seem to have much effect. After two, she's
lost most of her fear and starts to enjoy the view. Three,
and she's so frisky she thinks she can fly the plane. The
trick is to keep the medicine at around the 2 level,
which for longer flights involves additional ingestion
every 1/2 hour or so. Gin is recommended.

--
Dr. Tony Cox
Citrus Controls Inc.
e-mail:
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[Kiwi Jet Jock]

I've had one who, somehow, felt OK so long as he was sitting next to a door.
I had visions of him wanting to 'step out' at 3000 feet (which he would
never have done - but just the thought of him feeing better because he was
next to a door, whilst in flight, always brings a smile to my face)

On a serious note I've discovered that so so so many people's fears are
grounded in 'mis-information' about aeroplanes etc. Correct that, in a
reasoned, controlled, and VERY thorough way, and you go a long way towards
helping them over their fears.



"Sue" > wrote in message
om...
> I am writing a piece on the fear of flying and comical ways that some
> people have tried to overcome this. If you have any funny tale you
> can share with me, please email me and let me know. If your story is
> used in my final article, I will send you a copy before publication.
> Thanks for your help.

[Kees Mies]

(Sue) wrote in message >...
> I am writing a piece on the fear of flying and comical ways that some
> people have tried to overcome this. If you have any funny tale you
> can share with me, please email me and let me know. If your story is
> used in my final article, I will send you a copy before publication.
> Thanks for your help.

Well, the usual drink helps with the lady that usually occupies the
right seat.
After some experimentation we found out that one vodka does the trick.
Beer has the same effect, but she need somewhat more to have the
desired result.
This of course, will give some other problems at a lower part of her
body later in flight.
So, vodka it is.
Now the funny bit.
She considers the take off as the only scary bit of a flight.
Normally, the paleness and cold sweat disappears after a few minutes.
Not this summer, a very hot day and 100% humidity.
After about 10 minutes I asked
“Are you alright?”
“Nooooooooo, I’m not”
“Oh oh”
She looked like a not so fresh corpse.
So, I yelled in the radio that was returning to the airfield because
of an ill passenger.
After parking I hauled her out of the plane and put her under a wing
and gave her some water.
I forgot one tiny detail, the yelling over the radio. Everybody miles
around must have heard it.
The rest of the afternoon people inquired her about her wellbeing,
like “Are you all right, my dear- A very hot day, I say- Yes, it
can be very scary” and so on, she didn’t like this.
Now I’ve to hear about this ten times a week and promise not to
return to airfields because of ill passengers, I’ve to find a
more technical reason.

The take off problem is now a thing of the past, looking outside and
not in the cockpit did the trick.