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AIBU?

To cancel holiday...

77 replies

BoyMeetsWorld · 19/05/2016 20:21

In light of today's (horrific) disaster?

Hysterical flier anyway. Have tried meds, courses, nothing worked. Finally agreed to go " for the kids & DH" then this happens.

Have spent whole day shaking and being physically sick.

DCs are both fairly young and tbh would probably enjoy a week somewhere driveable just as much. DH may never forgive me. If make mind up quickly would "only" lose the deposit.

Am I being completely crazy. Feeling utterly terrified. & those poor poor people, can't stop thinking about it..

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AnchorDownDeepBreath · 19/05/2016 20:23

When are you due to go? I wouldn't decide today if you don't have to.

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BoyMeetsWorld · 19/05/2016 20:32

Not until mid July. Have a few weeks before would lose huge amounts of money.

Med destination I should add, good airline but flying back from airport notorious for poor security...& workers paid peanuts

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IrrationalWoman · 19/05/2016 20:32

I don't think YABU, but then I posted a similar thread to this last night and am wondering the same!

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Hassled · 19/05/2016 20:37

I absolutely understand where you're coming from but you do have to think about this logically. Even with today's horrible events, you're still statistically far more likely to die in a car on that driving alternative than you are in a plane. This is a really useful link from an anxieties site about travel statistics. Don't rush into a decision just yet - give it a week or so.

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TheoriginalLEM · 19/05/2016 20:39

don't go. you'll not enjoy yourself. statisticalally blahtiblah but youd not get me on a plane for any amount of cash just now.

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WorraLiberty · 19/05/2016 20:40

But presumably you knew about the risk of a terrorist attack when you booked your holiday anyway?

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AndTakeYourPenguinWithYou · 19/05/2016 20:41

How many passenger planes have crashed today? 1.
How many car accidents have there been in the UK today? An average 59 serious injuries and FIVE fatalities every single day, in car crashes.

Cancelling a plane trip in order to drive in the UK makes no sense whatsoever.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/05/2016 20:42

I hate flying. We're off to Japan. Well still go, but I'll be very, very nervous. Sad

If the worry isn't worth it, I'd cancel.

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Laptopontable · 19/05/2016 20:42

I am a terrible terrible flier so you have my sympathies. I try to tell myself that this crash is huge news because of its uniqueness, it hardly ever happens. Look out of your window now, if it's not cloudy you'll surely see several planes in the air that will successfully reach their destination. That happens hundreds and hundreds of times a day. 3 billion people fly every year. At Heathrow alone, there are 100,000 plane journeys everyday and 70million passengers every year.
This is something I worry about like you but these sort of facts help me think more rationally.

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AddToBasket · 19/05/2016 20:44

Where are you going and what airline?

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youknowwhattodo · 19/05/2016 20:45

I feel like you op. We are due to go in July with 2 young dc. I am dreading it. I feel physically sick at the thought of being on a plane and not in control. Where are you going op?

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Laptopontable · 19/05/2016 20:46

Sorry,i mean 100,000 in the world! Not just Heathrow!

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IJustLostTheGame · 19/05/2016 20:46

Security will be through the roof from now on.

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ladydepp · 19/05/2016 20:54

Security will be even higher now, if that is any comfort?

It's a hard call, you know in your head that you will be fine but your phobia is telling you something different.

Give it a few days/weeks before you decide to cancel.

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blueskyinmarch · 19/05/2016 20:59

You are far more likely to die in a car accident than a plane accident. It is a very safe mode of transport. I would never curtail my sense of adventure because of incidents such as the one which has just happened. I wouldn’t take unnecessary risks but i would not give up a holiday to a safe destination.

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228agreenend · 19/05/2016 21:01

I can understand that you are feeling nervous. However, statistically,you will be fine. As others have said, people,don't stop,driving due to car accidents.

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ABCAlwaysBeCunting · 19/05/2016 21:04

I wouldn't cancel my holiday. As everyone else has pointed out, you're far more likely to die in a road accident and frankly, I don't think a knee-jerk reaction to an air disaster is a good enough reason to curtail my holidays abroad.

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AuntJane · 19/05/2016 21:11

I suggest waiting a few days to see in FCO issue any guidance to travellers.

If you cancel now you will lose your deposit and insurance will not pay; if FCO issue "do not travel" advice the position changes. Or in four weeks time it could be so far in the past to not worry you any more.

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Jb291 · 19/05/2016 21:12

I''m going abroad in September on a long haul flight.I won't be changing my plans

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WannaBe · 19/05/2016 21:15

Statistically you're more likely to die on your way to the airport than in a plane crash. Just because a plane crashed today doesn't change that statistic.

TBH I don't believe it was a terrorist attack. A plane crashed, the automatic assumption has been that it was terrorism, but planes have been crashing since they were invented, and while terrorism is always a possibility it's far more likely to have been a technical fault. Just because Egypt air say terrorism is more likely doesn't make it so. They're not going to want to admit to having sent up a faulty plane are they?

My reasons for thinking not a terrorist attack are based largely on the fact that as yet, no-one has claimed responsibility, something which is virtually unheard of in today's world of terrorism, the terrorist organisations are desperate to put their names to these tragedies and as yet, no-one has.

FWIW I am a terrible flier as well so I sympathise with how you feel. But truth is that you have just one life, you have to live it, and not let this kind of stuff prevent you from doing so. If your number's up, then it's time to go. That could just as well be under a bus as on a plane. :-)

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Meow75 · 19/05/2016 21:16

I'm currently in Lanzarote, visiting PIL's who live here. Return home 29/5. No choice to get on a plane but also not concerned. Freak accident even if there has been terrorist involvement. Get some Rescue Remedy and go on your holiday. You'll be fine.

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BillBrysonsBeard · 19/05/2016 21:17

Like others have said, the chances are so tiny... Google says 1 in 11 million flights. But I can understand, it's really sad. Those poor innocent people Sad

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Perbsy · 19/05/2016 21:21

I'm going away in a car, you lot have fucking scared the life out of me now.

I might fly somewhere instead.

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Mumoftwoyoungkids · 19/05/2016 21:23

We're in the middle of booking a foreign holiday for August at the moment. Still going to book. Far more likely to die in the car on the way to the airport.

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specialsubject · 19/05/2016 21:26

If you are near Heathrow you will see a plane landing, another on final approach and another behind it. A plane lands every 90 seconds all day every day at just this one airport. It is very rare that there is an injury or death.

The same cannot be said of the motorways and roads that pass it.

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