Recent content by fearful_flyer

I do love to travel, so I hope I love flying as well one day! I have a weird thing with airports... I hate the departures lounge (this is when I'm the most scared), but love arrivals! hehe

Hi Everyone, just thought I would let you know that I arrived back from my trip this morning and I am obviously still alive! Overall the flights were pretty good. I did take Frisium (an anti anxienty drug, but not a sedative) for both of the flights but as I was not sedated my heart and my...

Thanks again everyone, I do actually have an anti anxiety medication that I have just started taking for panic attacks (i think im just scared of a lot of things!) so hopefully that wil help. I have looked at the fearless flyers course and I would love to do it, but I just can't really...

Are you saying I should avoid Jetstar and take two flights instead? For me take off is the worse part, so I think I would prefer to only do that once... And I don't think I can justify the extra $$ for taking two flights to my boss...

yeah that sounds the same as Pacific Blue, but it's no worries for me as I'm too nervous to eat anyway! I'm really just concerned with the safety and the attitude of the FA's. If I'm freaking out it's nice to be reasurred by the FA's rather than laughed at...

Thanks Kiwi Flyer, but I'm in Brisbane City, so getting to the gold coast isn't really convienient. Same with flying via another city... Is Jetstar really that bad that I should spend more $$ and a few extra hours to avoid it?

Thanks everyone (well almost everyone...) I do know that flying is safe, I've read all the statistics and people from my office fly every week, so I have no logical reason to be scared... I just am! I am flying BNE - CHC so I used to fly Qantas there (this will be my forth trip to CHC) but...

Thanks for that! I know that the plane that lost the engine did land safely, I just don't think i could handle the stress of knowing i was flying with one engine! Any other tips for not freaking out? or opinions on Jetstar vs Virgin? Thanks!

Hi Everyone, I have to fly to New Zealand on the weekend and it looks like I will have to fly Jetstar. I am a terrible flyer and from all the media attention I have managed to convince myself that Jetsar is unsafe (the engine loss between melbourne and tas springs to mind...). Can people...