tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post4674589643121444113..comments2023-10-08T09:13:56.474-05:00Comments on The OCD Gen X Liberal (this blog is retired): Fear of FlyingLizzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09221976140171029175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-26544144899223440892007-06-08T16:30:00.000-05:002007-06-08T16:30:00.000-05:00Can't say i've ever had a fear of flying had my fi...Can't say i've ever had a fear of flying had my first flights as a kid and was hooked ever since hence the licences for both fixed wing and choppers (I love choppers more). Actually I pretty sure my fixed wing currencies ran out last year ... whoops.Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216696796162994082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-33631053029506575702007-06-08T11:27:00.000-05:002007-06-08T11:27:00.000-05:00"Flying is still safer than a road trip"I'd rather..."Flying is still safer than a road trip"<BR/><BR/>I'd rather enjoy the road trip.<BR/>Maybe I'll express my reasons after Lizzy is back in MN, I'd rather not worry her with the reasons that the above quote isn't true while she's on her trip.1138https://www.blogger.com/profile/05236610360430502600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-12669450118391007572007-06-05T23:02:00.000-05:002007-06-05T23:02:00.000-05:00Thanks Elvez & Michelle!Thanks Elvez & Michelle!Lizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221976140171029175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-18344651379729484672007-06-05T18:38:00.000-05:002007-06-05T18:38:00.000-05:00You're going to have a great time. Flying is stil...You're going to have a great time. Flying is still safer than a road trip - and faster, too. Landing is the best part - you're there.<BR/><BR/>If you drink, make sure you drink a lot of water, too, so you don't get dehydrated.<BR/><BR/>Bon voyage!<BR/><BR/>MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973684643778640883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-8067123772092987392007-06-05T17:37:00.000-05:002007-06-05T17:37:00.000-05:00Oh yeh Lizzy I feel ya, I despise flying too. Whe...Oh yeh Lizzy I feel ya, I despise flying too. When I was little I loved it as well, I used to fly from VA to New Mexico to spend the summer with my Grandparents from age 8 to 11. Now I hate it. I love travel, but I hate the plane, Europe is as far as I can ever see myself flying, any longer and I would die. Have a safe trip, at least NY isn't a terribly long flight.Elvez73https://www.blogger.com/profile/06610201035400727169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-8503492740392291482007-06-05T16:08:00.000-05:002007-06-05T16:08:00.000-05:00Yep, pissed off patricia, cocktails may be in orde...Yep, pissed off patricia, cocktails may be in order. <BR/><BR/>Snave, The take-offs & landings are the worst part for me, too. <BR/><BR/>As far as driving, if it weren't so far, I'd consider it. We drove out there several times when I was a kid and I always got car-sick...not good memories. <BR/><BR/>Now that I'm an adult, I might enjoy a road trip like that, and there's the additional benefit of not worrying about falling 30,000 feet.Lizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221976140171029175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-46641311216483742562007-06-05T13:32:00.000-05:002007-06-05T13:32:00.000-05:00I've never liked flying, particularly landings and...I've never liked flying, particularly landings and take-offs and the possibility of problems happening, but like the chance of being caught in an act of terrorism, I just figure it isn't likely to happen to me at all, and if it does, so be it.<BR/><BR/>I think it's odd that even though going somewhere in a car is statistically much more dangerous than flying, more people are afraid of flying... I know it bugs me more to fly than to drive... but I would rather drive anyway, because for me, getting there really IS half the fun. For an overland trip, I would choose to drive over flying just about anyday. After all, you can't get to tacky roadside attractions when you're in a jet!Snavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763424943041003098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653541.post-42963834035913546402007-06-05T08:46:00.000-05:002007-06-05T08:46:00.000-05:00I understand. I do not like to fly and avoid it a...I understand. I do not like to fly and avoid it at all costs. I have flown once since 9-11 and it was only to the Cayman Islands. I was never crazy about flying but now it is more like a nightmare to me.<BR/><BR/>If you drink cocktails, I would suggest a couple before the flight. That's what I did that time when I last flew.pissed off patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854364015577541981noreply@blogger.com