Anyone else afraid of flying?

I used to have panic attacks every time I flew. Then two years ago my daughter who was 2600 mi away had premature labor at 23 weeks and they didn't expect the baby to make it. I had to grab a standby flight with 4 plane changes and ended up stuck in Atlanta for nearly two nights desperate to get to my Daughter, and was devastated every time I didn't make the list on each flight. Finally at the end of day two I got the last flight out of Atlanta literally the last person on and couldn't have been more happy to get on that plane! I never experienced those panic attacks again!!! We were very blessed with a 1lb4oz baby girl who spent 6mos in NICU. I flew back and forth nearly a dozen times that year and now flying doesn't even phase me. Best advise I can give you is to take a breath, remember that it's safer to be in the air than on the street and take a good movie on your laptop or hopefully if your lucky you'll get on a flight with your own TV screen in front of you. This is the best distraction and makes the flight time go by very fast! I hope you enjoy your trip to Vegas! Have Fun, Have a Very Happy Birthday and don't go broke!!!

im actually in a training school for flying :P the truth about flying is that there are more car crashes than plane crashes, they just blow them up on the new because its a plane, is spectacular. when was the last car crash you heard on the news? you probably cant remember. but plane crashes, since there is so few they bring them up day after day, year after year, just to have some sort of news. the aviation safety board works hard finding ways to not let crashes happen again. im sure you will be fine!

I used to love to fly, but now I avoid it as much as possible. I will drive across country if I have the time. EVERY time I fly now I get pulled for a "random" inspection. Last time they checked me twice, once before I entered the security line and again on the other side. Did they think I may have picked something up while standing in line?

As previously stated , it is the lack of flight that we should be frightened of. I have put up this picture to demonstrate "lack of flight". This should not under any circumstances be confused with actual flight. Flight does not involve any such physical contact with mother Earth. (Unless flight takes place in a simulator...which isnt really flight at all.......a bit like fairies......imagined !! ).
I would like to point out that no planes were hurt during this MFP production and that the plane pictured is actually just resting having arrived from Australia.

My father-in-law hasn't flown in a plane since he came back from Korea...where he served as an air traffic controller (we think he knows something and he's just not sharing). In 1950something he flew from Seoul to San Francisco, then hopped on a train back to NYC.

My husband (his son), on the other hand, had some 150 USAir segments last year...and that's not the only airline he flies.

I don't mind flying...it's just the hassle of getting through the airport I don't care for.

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Im thinking that this thread is more relevant just now. Although I have been finding humour through this subject it always is with this in mind ... Im a nervous flyer , laughing helps.
What happened in France is a reminder some fears are justified , but it shouldnt stop us trying to fly

I moved from LA to Vegas, took a plane here with all my junk and my kitteh.