How safe do you feel about flying? Reviews

Flying – aaargh! You either love it, or you don’t! Unfortunately, due to the atrocities of the September 11th tragedy, the fear of flying has taken on a whole new meaning. As a result, BA are laying off even more workers, therefore the events of September 11th have affected the lives of even more people. Anyway, that’s ...  Read the complete review

First of all I want to specify that flying itself is perfectly safe. A little bulldog (an airplane) you could take up any time and no matter what situation you get into I’m perfectly able to get out of. For instance, I was once flying through thick clouds and as soon as I came out realised that I was heading straight for the ground and ...  Read the complete review

I am self-confessed notoriously poor traveller. I can feel travel sick on the bus to Romford, which is about 5 stops away! When it comes to long journeys I wouldn't dream of setting out without my trusty travel tablets for company. But when it came to flying, 2 things put me off for years. 1)Years ago, when travelling with my 2 small ...  Read the complete review

I have never flown. I have always been scared of flying. I have wanted to, half-heartedly, because I would like to travel to foreign destinations, but, I'm scared. It was probably safer for me to fly a couple of years ago than it is now. Mentally, I know that flying is still relatively safe. Even though there is the random element of ...  Read the complete review

Economy class syndrome is the tabloid tab given to deep vein thrombosis that occurs in air passengers especially after long haul flights. It is not new. It is not surprising and it is not a major risk. I am speaking as a doctor and wanted to put across a few facts about this rare event that has gained notoriety from the ...  Read the complete review

It took just three hours for the US administration to tell us that Mondays crash in New York was an accident. That’s as almost as quick as it took to put Bin Laden in the frame on that horrific September day. The airports and tunnels were re opened, and what little air travel confidence was left, is hanging by its fingernails as ...  Read the complete review

With another 767 being smashed into New York, Americas aviation industry is on its knees. %61 of the worlds air travel carries Americans and with only one in five of them getting on domestic flights it doesn’t look good for American Airlines and the like. At this point it looks too familiar not to be a terrorist attack being two months ...  Read the complete review

Well I made it to Egypt there and back, and also with one internal flight and I’m in one piece, which is always a good start. I was a bit worried about flying but my holiday had no refund and I’m not into wasting money so I still went… and I’m glad I did. So what was it like? Well I did the normal, pack my case, ...  Read the complete review

September 11th 2001 changed everything. Flights may be safer but the threat and danger I think is still there. As I walked in my Arndale I saw some fantastic offers for cheap holidays, some brilliant prices and more importantly some affordable prices. I felt tempted to go in there and book a holiday, a holiday we thought we would never be ...  Read the complete review

I'm gonna make this op brief but go straight to the point. To be honest I have no fear of flying, following what has happened. Think about it, how often does this sort of thing happen? being a devout Muslim I have always been lead to believe that your life is planned out for you before you are born. So if your life is set to end then you can ...  Read the complete review

I am an Arab American who was born in America and I go to university in Washington, DC. I was terribly upset by the events on September 11th even though many believed that all Arabs were rejoicing because of biased newscasting on television. My whole family was devastated and, but Arabs across the US have been subjected to much racial profiling ...  Read the complete review

I'm pretty much terrified of everything but flying has never bothered me in the slightest. Neither am I am fatalist who believes that when your time is up, it's up. I've just never had any reason to believe that I've been in danger while in the skies, even in the worst turbulence and with one engine not working (true). Phobias are ...  Read the complete review

I feel 100% safe about flying, maybe it's due to my belief that when it's your time, it's your time, unless of course you decide to take matters into your own hands & take your own life. I don't think rational thinking people should be put off by the recent spate of aeronautical security scares. There has been ...  Read the complete review

What a month for the airlines. We all probably thought it would be two passenger’ planes hitting each other and not buildings that would throw up the scenes of such horror. It’s going to take along time to get the punters back in commercial aircraft. Swiss Air has gone under with Sabean of Belgium almost in the same soup. ...  Read the complete review

Flying, uggghh. Nobody seems to like flying except for very strange people and very small children who enjoy the opportunity to bawl their little red heads off throughout. There are a few obvious disadvantages; being trapped in a huge steel tube three miles above some incredibly hard looking ground with no way of knowing when the big lottery ...  Read the complete review

Due to the terrible and shocking events of the 11th September, it seems inevitable that the travellers confidence in air safety will be shattered, we saw this before at the onset of the Gulf War, and during other such occasions. Predictions of devastating economical effects on the world’s tourist and aviation industries, have been confirmed ...  Read the complete review

Safety on Aeroplanes In light of the disaster on September 11th in America, I feel obliged to right my opinion on aeroplane safety. Many opinions, ideas and stories are flying around America and the world about the crashes, but only three things are certain: a) People have been injured and many more dead (my condolences) b) ...  Read the complete review

The word Plane brings a number of memory connections to mind. Planes mean holidays and sunshine. Sometimes they mean business transport. For many who are scared of being 30,000 feet above terra firma, they bring chills. Justifiably, they now bring a differing image to mind. Since the recent tragedy, vulnerability in the air now ...  Read the complete review

The events of this week will have no doubt increased people’s fears of flying. It's only natural that you would fear something you don't experience on a regular basis. I use the same kind of idea for phobias of such things as needles, they really are nothing to worry about once you're in the situation but the build up always ...  Read the complete review

This is an opinion that I have had to deliberate on for a while, and then change again following the events on September 11th. I dont normally fly that often, in fact the only time I have been on a plane was when I went on holiday to Greece. At that time I was 16 and excited to be going away from my parents, the drink fags and rock and ...  Read the complete review