To never want to get on a plane again?

[TwatMcTwonk]

Just watching coverage of the French air crash
I've always been a nervous flyer, took medication etc and would still be anxious all the way through the flight.

Used to go on holiday as a family, maybe two or three times a year, but I'm seriously thinking I don't think I could physically get on a plane again after all these news reports.

I know, statistically, it's rare to be involved in a plane crash, but I can't shake this awful feeling that it is just happening too often for my liking.

Anyone else feel like this?

I don't think fear of flying is entirely irrational because humans were never designed to fly.

We're not designed to do 80mph in cars either...

Well the Alps one was crashed on purpose by the pilot which is pretty fucking scary and im going on 4 planes this year

Of course we weren't lertgush.

I fully aware that it could be applied to a much wider range of transport options, but 35,000 feet above the earth is something completely different. Just somewhere we were never designed to get to.

There is some logic to the comfort of terra firma whatever the statistics.

The scary thing about the Alps disaster is that the passengers and other crew were such captives to the intentions of one rogue crew member with no means of escape at all.

The event itself may be a rare enough scenario, but the fear of it isn't irrational, just as fear of an alien environment isn't either.

I've always loved flying. Honestly if somebody was to offer me the chance to go to the airport, fly around for a few hours and then return to the same airport I probably would. You get waited on, a steady stream of drinks put in your hand, movies on tap and the chance to sit, do nothing and read.

However, since having DD I've become nervous flying with her. I hate the thought of her in a metal tube, in the sky, at the mercy of technology. I really have to give myself a stern talking to (I don't want to give her a phobia).

At the same time I'll still happily fly without her. I had a few long haul solo flights recently and they were bliss - first time in ages I was able to read for several hours and watch several films without interruptions from DD and DH.

I don't understand how I can be so relaxed alone and so different and nervous with my family. We fly quite a lot (and I sometimes fly for work). I do need to get over it before it starts to get worse.

When I first heard about the crash on Tuesday and they said it was a slow descent, no Mayday call, perfect weather, no apparent technical problem I thought it sounded like it was deliberate. But I thought it couldn't have been because the other pilot wouldn't just sit there and let his co-pilot crash the plane. I hadn't realised that they go out to use the loo etc.

It's shocking - and so terrible for all the families and indeed the co-pilot's family and friends as well. How can you ever come to terms with the fact that someone deliberately murdered your loved ones?

Not sure I believe this latest news. But I suppose it would be difficult to make up. If it was some sort of failure on the plane it would make things difficult for the airline. Recalling planes drop in share prices and so on. But now the pilot's background is coming out it I don't understand why he was allowed to be a pilot. I thought they were very strict about pilots health.

Ten minutes in a plummeting plane and no screaming until the end even though another Pilot is trying to bash the door down?

It was a controlled descent and the first part would have taken place when the captain was in the loo so by the time he got out it was already well under way. I think there was probably just a couple of minutes of the 8minutes left when he got to the cockpit door and by the time he was raising his voice for the door to be opened there was probably less than a minute left which would account for the few seconds of screaming.

I'm terrified of flying, it's a real phobia. I spend the whole flight crying (not hysterical, just quietly crying to myself) my oh is used to it by now and just holds my hand. He never tells me I'm stupid or unreasonable. I don't think that you can just 'get over' a genuine fear by having people tell you statistics. I KNOW cars are more dangerous but doesn't stop me being scared.

Im petrified of flying, and my last two flights were incredibly difficult to get through, we had quite bad turbulance both ways on a long 10 hour flight. I find it very very difficult, but make myself calm down so I dont pass my phobia onto my children, both of whom love flying. There does seem to be more plane crashes than "usual" recently, and this one down to pilot murder-suicide is terrifying.