anyone here afraid of flying so much that you never fly?

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  • mikeet
    this & that
    • May 2005
    • 5364

    #51
    Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
    how about a ship?
    I dont do boats either....
    I get really freaked out about flying and large bodies of water

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    • Madame0120
      Confirmed User
      • Nov 2004
      • 1227

      #52
      Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
      how about a ship?
      Space ship?

      Beam me aboard Scotty.
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      • Peaches
        Old broad
        • Oct 2002
        • 13933

        #53
        Originally posted by Doctor Dre
        You think the staticians that said flying was safer then driving didn't take in consideration the ammount of cars/planes ?

        Or is there something I'm not getting.
        Sounds like it. I'm just reporting what I read. If I think, my head goes all explody ;)

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        • polish_aristocrat
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Jul 2002
          • 40377

          #54
          anyone knows the exact stats for plane crashes?

          last time I heard it was like the chance for a plane crash is like 1:8 Million, but I dont know how accurate that was

          anyway, in that case the chance to die in a plane crash in a trip involving 8 flights would be already around 1: 1,000,000
          I don't use ICQ anymore.

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          • Peaches
            Old broad
            • Oct 2002
            • 13933

            #55
            I know this is an old thread, but I've decided to take flying lessons - I need to take a "test" one first as I have horrible air/sea/car sickness problems and I'm really hoping I don't run into that

            Anyone else fly? I know KC does and a few others. I seem to run into a lot of people who STARTED taking flying lessons but never got a license.

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            • shoeaholicanon
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2007
              • 1003

              #56
              nope. im nervous 4 a bit

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              • Rhesus
                Confirmed User
                • Aug 2004
                • 2009

                #57
                In the beginning I loved it, now it's just boring and annoying. The price of a train ticket to London is higher than a plane ticket so I usually take the plane, but the hassle is less and the time it takes (including wait and transfer times at the airport) is equal. I'm getting rather concerned about the environmental impact of the 120+ flights I've done in the past few years.

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                • Magalie
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 877

                  #58
                  I know someone like that ! He won't fly anywhere.. He'll either drive or take a boat...
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                  • polish_aristocrat
                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 40377

                    #59
                    Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                    anyone knows the exact stats for plane crashes?
                    ok, wrong board for such questions
                    I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                    • polish_aristocrat
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 40377

                      #60
                      ok i just found 3 websites during some random google search

                      one of them claims the odds for dying in a plane crash are 1:500k and the two other sources claim 1:11 M and 1:25 M

                      hmm
                      I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                      • 2012
                        So Fucking What
                        • Jul 2006
                        • 17189

                        #61
                        i dont fly - im scerrred

                        unless im medicated

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                        • dirtybaker
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                          • Feb 2007
                          • 90

                          #62
                          Flying 30,000 feet in a metal tube at 800mph to me just doesn?t seem all that SAFE. You get in a car accident, you got a chance?plane crash? Not so much.
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                          • dig420
                            Confirmed User
                            • May 2001
                            • 9240

                            #63
                            I haven't flown for years. The last time I got on a plane is when my gramma had an operation and thought she was dying and told me she wanted me to see me that very night, PERIOD.

                            I got on the plane and was terrified for my life every second. Surprised I didn't run screaming thru the aisles.

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                            • LustyBucks
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                              • Oct 2006
                              • 722

                              #64
                              do not like flyin really, but due to some reasons i'd better choose the plane then non-stop driving for quite a long time.

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                              • ronaldo
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jan 2002
                                • 5475

                                #65
                                Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
                                ok i just found 3 websites during some random google search

                                one of them claims the odds for dying in a plane crash are 1:500k and the two other sources claim 1:11 M and 1:25 M

                                hmm
                                Statistics show that statistics are wrong 46.3% of the time.

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                                • lunchbox
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 129

                                  #66
                                  im hooked on that show Mayday that plays on discovery (in canada at least..not sure about the us). After seing all their episodes, it seems like it takes quite a lot before a plane crashes. Ive seen portions of planes ripped off, or a plane gliding, no engines/gas, for 20 minutes and land safely (the air transat flight). Even when a plane was hit in the wing with a missile, they were able to control it just with the thrust so they could line it up with the runway and land it. Its pretty amazing what the pilots can pull off under all that pressure with little going for them.

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