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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Given my experience with OnurAir last night, I could happily never take another flight.
Try and get a seat above the black box.
Can anyone explain to me why - when seats have already been allocated - people rush to be at the front of the queue to board a plane?
Got back from New York on Sunday and the other half has a serious fear of flying. Bottom line is that not that many people totally get over their fear but people have varying coping strategies.
For my girlfriend it was Diazepam (3 x 10mg) doses over the course of the 6-7 hour flight. It worked pretty well but you have to time your ingestion periods and it may be different for different people. Booze should be avoided and it just makes you a little spaced for 5 mins after taking but it does not knock you out and just relaxes you.
Some doctors also precribe Beta blockers or even very small doses of sleeeping tablets for short 2-3 hours trips.
For the long term girlfriend is having hypnotherapy but at this stage i can't really givev an assessment as to how effective that might be.
For me, my biggest problem is boredom and the fact that i just can't sleep on a plane.
Because black airplanes would look menacing.
Can anyone explain to me why - when seats have already been allocated - people rush to be at the front of the queue to board a plane? All that happens is that you get to your seat in time for dozens of people to be milling around you, looking for their seats, or leaning over you, looking for space in an overhead locker.
And why do people stand up and start retrieving their hand baggage from the overhead racks as soon as the plane comes to a standstill after landing? Does this make your bag reach the carousel any earlier?
Last on, last off is my watchword. It's so much calmer.
That's a high dose of Valium. I take 3 x 2mg. No wonder I still get the jitters with turbulence. Maybe I should ask the doctor to up the dose.
My plane got hit by lightening (right by me!) and i'm still here!