Flying in panic

Humans feel safer with their feet on the ground. That’s why many people fear flying. Cars, buses and trains touch the ground. A plane does not. Everything seems to be worse and more dangerous when it happens far away from the ground.         Noises always seem to be a huge problem, rain seems to fall harder and even boring people seem to be more boring.

People fear flying because they know they are very far away from a safe ground. People who don’t know how a plane flies worry about flying because it seems to be a miracle. People who know how a plane works fear about any changes in climate and plane engines. Both kinds of people feel a great relief when the airplane touches the ground again. As if any problem in the ground would be easier to solve than in the air.

Flying when it is raining is the worst thing that could happen. When it is raining you cannot see how far away you are from the ground.  The clouds avoid you to have eye contact with the ground and this can make people feel safer. It is also important to remember that along with rain comes turbulence. Turbulence is when the plane shakes. On the ground it is not comfortable enough and in the air it couldn’t be scarier.  It seems that everything is worse far away from the ground.

To complete the flying tragedy, you just need to have a bothering person next to you. There are many kinds of people who bother. There are those ones who think they are the kings of flight. They need to explain everything that happens in the plane, the lights going on and off and the meaning of all the noises it makes. Along with them sometimes also come the desperate ones. When you don’t like to fly what you really don’t need is someone complaining about everything and praying and screaming in front of any minor changes in the flight.  Someone who doesn’t like flying should deserve the least amount of peace in the air until the plane gets in the ground and you feel safe again. Fear of flying is enough to worry.

For people who fear flying the worst things are to be far away from the ground, turbulence in the flight and to have your peace stolen by bothering passengers. When you are in a bad situation everything that goes out of plans seem to be worse. The worst is that, despite you wanting, to take days or weeks off to get somewhere far away from your home, you can’t avoid flying. So the best thing someone who fears flying can do is fight against their own instincts. If this combat gets really hard, take pills to sleep – and dream that you are already on the ground.

Mariana