Snowy560

Waiting for flight at Halifax ... got diazepam...

Will report back tomorrow

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Zoe Bell

I used to use the double v cocktail. Valium and vodka.
I'd really recommend getting some kind of professional help though. It can do wonders but it is a long term project.

It may be hard to believe but I used to be terrified of flying . I've had 5 hour long panic attacks. But it can be overcome

Thinking of you

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Snowy560

Thank you! got from Halifax to Montreal and am now just waiting to board the flight to Vancouver! Back later or tomorrow! 😃

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scilly

hope the flight from Montreal went well

Snowy560

Just got back. Flight was okay but bumpy for the last 90mins due to strong winds.

Thanks for everyone's support on this thread.

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Hurlabrick

My serious suggestion regarding fear of flying is to do a few flying lessons, at least up to your first solo landing - usually 10-15 hours (means you don't have to go all the way through to taking the test and getting a private pilot licence).

I qualified as a private pilot, mainly to overcome my fear of heights! I am still scared of heights, but heights in aircraft don't bother me and certainly not now scared of flying. Not now that I know what is going on, how well trained airline pilots are on airlines like Air Canada (and yes, the hated BA!), how well maintained their aircraft are etc.

I would not say the same about many other countries / areas airlines, I am sure you can figure out the airlines I mean. Most European and North American airlines will be pretty good in this respect.

As regards the non-flying customer care and dealing with passengers when things go wrong side - very different story!

dbd33

I have a client that manufactures pieces of aeroplanes. They have charts on the walls of their factories and offices tracking how many crashes there are, how many mechanical failures, how their pieces perform relative to the competition, how many failures were maintenance related and so on.

Last time I looked, and the many times before that, internal flights in poor countries were bad for your health (when I've been on such flights the missing seats were a clue that all was not well) but, after that, the least well maintained planes belonged to the US airlines. Aircraft used by third world airlines for international flights tend to be maintained by contracted companies (often subsidiaries of European airlines) in Europe and are not a matter of concern.