Air Travel - The Safest Form Of Travel
Posted January 31, 2010 – 11:51 pm in: AviationPersonally, I like to be in control of whatever I do. I stay away from any danger and have never been one for things like roller-coasters. I am not a person who needs that kind of buzz, if you can call it that, to give me pleasure. Some people call me a wimp, which is probably correct - I guess this comes from having a speech impediment and all of the horrible frustrating stuttering treatment that comes with it.
I am not afraid to admit that air travel has and will always petrify me. Travelling in my own car when I am the driver is something which I am fully in control of; where as in a plane all I do is sit there and hope for the best. I am not the pilot, I am unable to observe any servicing to the aircraft and I do not know its history.
Like most people, I had read that air travel is by far and way the safest form of travel. Guess what, I don’t care, I still would rather drive.
There has been a recent television series called Lost. This happens to be one of my favourite T.V programs and I have watched each and every episode. It did not help my phobia of flying though.
There has been a huge increase in articles in the press, possible due the success of Lost, describing people’s experiences of plane crashes or plane emergancies. I wish I had never read their stories as I can only imagine the fear and terror they must have been through.
I offer a professional web promotion service and I also work for a DVD authoring company on a part time basis. I am required as part of these jobs to travel and that of course means travelling by plane from time to time.
During my last plane journey, as the aircraft was taking off an amusing thing happened to me. The take off and landing are always the worst aspects of the whole experience for me, and this is where I am at my most scared. We we travelling down the runway, gathering speed, I gripped the armrest tightly, hoping that would help and thankfully the plane rose into the air. The person in the seat next to me then asked if he could have his hand back. Much to my and no doubt his horror; I had actually been holding this poor chaps hand rather than the arm rest - and it was more of a harsh grip than a just mere hold lol. I said sorry and continued to be brave.
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