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Fear of flying...really?

Thursday, 09 December 2010 Posted by Bryn Category Random Stuff

Fear of flying
It's strange. It seems the more I fly, the worse I get at doing it, and by that I mean the more I fly the more scared I am of being 30,000 feet in the air, in a metal tube that weighs a hell of a lot. I'm writing this as I sit on a domestic flight in Chile from Santiago to Punta Arenas. Actually, to tell you the truth, we're starting our descent into Puerto Montt now (we fly via this place).

Fear of flying is a strange one. In my experience it gets worse as we go on more flights (thus increasing our chance of being involved in something bad), or as we get older, or a combination of the two. Certainly in my case, I used to love flying, I'd really enjoy the take off, all the different noises, and the turbulence to me was like a free fair ground ride. Now, however I seem to have a fear of flying building up within me, and that's not good when you have a job like this.