I don't get it...Many crashes every day?

Are that sport flighters or something?

Being a frequent flyer, I'm concerned about my carbon emissions and thinking about ways to offset them.

I do not really care for flying. Most of mine have been puddle jumpers I guess they call them. It takes longer to get through security then the flight is. LOL.

But, given the choice, I will always fly over an long ass drive (more than 2 hours). I like scenery and such, but depending on where I am going, I prefer just to get the traveling part over with, and down to bidness.

:2 cents:

My aunt has never flown and her husband was a pilot for Delta so she could have always flown for free. She's 68 and never flown. I think even now she can get free standby, lol.

I am afraid to fly but if needed I have to :)

FYI, I Freakonomics, the writer pointed out that statistically you ARE more likely to die in a plane than in a car because of the number of people the plane holds and that there are fewer planes than cars.

Just something to think about ;)

He also said statistically a pool in your backyard is more dangerous to a child than having a gun in your home. Something to think about for all those who think guns are evil :)

I hate it to say the least, if I have a choice b/n a flight and a three day drive I'd drive

Never been on a plane in my life.
If it cant be accessed by car or train i aint going.

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.

how about a ship?

I dont do boats either....
I get really freaked out about flying and large bodies of water :helpme

Space ship?

Beam me aboard Scotty.

Sounds like it. I'm just reporting what I read. If I think, my head goes all explody ;)

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 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.

nope. im nervous 4 a bit

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.

I know someone like that ! He won't fly anywhere.. He'll either drive or take a boat...

ok, wrong board for such questions

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 :arcadefre

i dont fly - im scerrred
 

unless im medicated:winkwink:

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.