To let my DS12 fly with grandparents.

[Cathaka15]

I have 4 dc and my 12 year old is going on holiday with his grandparents and two cousins. He's so excited. But I am terrified. With all that's been happening around the world and planes falling out of the sky. I am so scared to let him go. He's leaving on Tuesday. Ive told my dh how I feel but he says I'm being ridiculous. Am I ?

Can somebody find me the article about the drunk pilots please? I'd be interested to know which airline that was!

The drunk pilot I mentioned was when I was traveling during my teenage years. I traveled a lot to the former ussr countries and many of their internal flights were horrendous. People stuck on the aisles . Seeing the pilots drinking before they got on the plane. It just didn't phase me back then since I was only responsible for myself. But also recently two pilots were fired for drinking before a flight.

Just one warning about FlightRadar. Watched DD (who is 23!!!) coming towards the Eastern European airport she was landing at - only to see the plane continue for miles - literally 10 minutes flying past her airport.

Having nearly given myself a heart attack (as clearly it was a suicide pilot aiming for the nearby mountains!), the plane turned round and landed from the opposite direction for some reason.

Great website though!

If you are ever stuck in a jam on the m25 near heathrow - there is usually a jam - look at the planes. One landing, one on final approach, one behind that , every 90 secs all day every day.

How many crash? Very, very few.

How many car crashes are there?

Navy -Nothing. I was 13/14 years old.

Still can't find the drunk pilot story

I was with my mum. She screamed at them and the stewardess. They said if you don't like it We should get off and someone else will take our seats. I am not joking when I say people were standings/ sitting on the aisles. Most flights were like this. the blizzards of cold Russian nights didn't help either.

The pilots were arrested at a UK airport before a flight in the last few weeks for being over the drink fly alcohol levels. It was in the BBC website.

I read it was pilots flying from Glasgow to Toronto.

That sounds right cath.

My son flew to Japan -I loved tracking his plane all the way there. Wasn't glued to the screen all day but could tell him all about it when he came back.

Just wanted to say. My son has landed safe and sound. So happy but exhausted from all the radar checking. You guys were great. Thanks.

Good news!

Great news, hope you can relax a bit now and that your son has a fantastic time.

I love FlightRadar24 but just a word of caution - my 13yo recently went on school trip to US and I was tracking his plane when it suddenly disappeared in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (am in Aus). There were lots of other planes still there but his disappeared! Of course the plane was fine, the signal had just been lost but I was panicking until I got the message they'd landed safely. Really didn't work to decrease my anxiety about him the way I'd hoped, to say the least!