How do you handle plane turbulence?

[Mr. Jabbar]

i rlly hate it, i know its perfectly normal and part of flying, and that a plane can whitstand the worst kind of it like nothing, but its just irrational feeling. i need to fly 2-4 times a year and i seem to never get used to it. feel bad for nba players who dislike this as they fly like crazy every year. ne1 else discomfortable w turbulence?

[ace23]

Don't care. I like seeing looks of panic on other people's faces though. ****** start looking out the window and shit.

[Qwyjibo]

I whip it out and start beating it right there. Then all the other passengers take a cue from me and they start whipping it out and beating like mad.

[Draz]

Never encountered it. Whenever it happens just think of the show Lost.

[JohnFreeman]

I am not a pilot

[Done_And_Done]

Like a mother f*ucking boss.

[Draz]

I am not a pilot
How funny would it be if the pilot came out the cockpit saying that screaming :lol

[Done_And_Done]

All jokes aside, is it just the effect of turbulence that doesn't sit well with you or flying in general? I know a few people who have taken a benzo before they take off...

[plowking]

I'm fine with it.

After all, you're in a tiny box, 20,000 feet up in the air. A little bit of shaking from outside forces is expected I guess.

[BasedTom]

By not going on planes.

[Milbuck]

I whip it out and start beating it right there. Then all the other passengers take a cue from me and they start whipping it out and beating like mad.
Came here to say this

[Mr. Jabbar]

All jokes aside, is it just the effect of turbulence that doesn't sit well with you or flying in general? I know a few people who have taken a benzo before they take off...

turbulence. i like flying a lot and planes, have even done a few helicopter tours (grand canyon), but plane turbulence just dont like

hell now that i think of it i even love landings and t/o, its cruising turbulence

[Lonely_Sandberg]

I handle turbulence...
http://jesshaines.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Like-A-Boss.gif

[Meticode]

Never flown once in my life. F*ck it.

[DonDadda59]

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131011013951/lego/images/e/e6/PANIC.gif

[Swaggin916]

I can't do anything about it so I just sit there and take it like a champ. Big drops still make my heart race a little though.

[Patrick Chewing]

By not flying.

[PHX_Phan]

You stop being a bitch about it. You're a lot safer in a plane than you are driving a car.

[dunksby]

I love flying by plane but the turbulence sucks, especially when I got goods in my stomach.

[East_Stone_Ya]

by listening to music

[Done_And_Done]

turbulence. i like flying a lot and planes, have even done a few helicopter tours (grand canyon), but plane turbulence just dont like

hell now that i think of it i even love landings and t/o, its cruising turbulence

I actually hate flying. I respect the technology and recognize that I must submit to it for travel, but it's never been an enjoyable process for me. With that said, it's not one that is excruciating either. It's just blah to me.

One thing is for certain though - nobody likes turbulence. G-force gut yanks at thousands of elevated feet in the troposphere. Yeah, the hell with that. I guess it's always helpful to remember that you're in secure hands. Aviation accidents are VERY rare buddy.

[LJJ]

I try not to spill my drink


Yup. Crying babies annoy me, but other than that non of the common airplane discomfort applies to me. The turbulence, food, waiting times, lack of leg room, jet lag other passengers etc tend to not bother me so much.

[GimmeThat]

I'm fine with it.

After all, you're in a tiny box, 20,000 feet up in the air. A little bit of shaking from outside forces is expected I guess.

This.

Just try and think logically about it I suppose.

When it gets bad, leaning towards your chair, in sitting formation might just be about the best way to counter it.

Think of yourself like the plane, when you are hit by turbulence, what's the best way to react? try to be heavy on one side and it should diminish the shaking effect to you.

[brantonli]

I flew on an international flight once that had 2 separate occasions of horrible turbulence. I'm talking about a huge sudden drop, and the overhead compartments shaking so badly they looked like they were going to fall off. Scariest stuff in the world, especially the sudden drop. It might've only been 10 feet, but when you're falling, you have no idea how long the plane will fall for, and it's that moment of unknown that is horrifying.

The passenger next to me was terrified of flying, crying and sobbing, so I just randomly said 'don't worry, there are thousands of planes who have made this route and landed safely, we'll be fine'. Didn't calm her down much, but then I realised it was absolutely true lol.

[Meticode]

I flew on an international flight once that had 2 separate occasions of horrible turbulence. I'm talking about a huge sudden drop, and the overhead compartments shaking so badly they looked like they were going to fall off. Scariest stuff in the world, especially the sudden drop. It might've only been 10 feet, but when you're falling, you have no idea how long the plane will fall for, and it's that moment of unknown that is horrifying.

The passenger next to me was terrified of flying, crying and sobbing, so I just randomly said 'don't worry, there are thousands of planes who have made this route and landed safely, we'll be fine'. Didn't calm her down much, but then I realised it was absolutely true lol.
We had some people from corporate come to our location at my job, and one of the planes landed way late because of 50 MPH winds in the area. She took the rest of the day off work because she was distraught over the experience.

When she came in the next day she shadowed me for part of the day to learn about my job and I talked to he about this and I'm like, "From what you're telling me, I don't want to ever fly in my life." :oldlol: I'm so beta.

[DukeDelonte13]

i grit my teeth and squeeze the armrests...


i've seen every episode of aircrash investigations. The smallest stupidest things can kill hundreds of people. I recall one where a maintenance guy didn't put enough lubricant on a bolt on the assembly that controlled some hyrdraulic system. Everyone dead.


But for people with ear problems, i used to have the worst pain whenever i flew.. gum chewing doesn't do sh*t, pinching your nose and blowing it is not good for you and you can rupture some membranes in your ears or some shit; you gotta take a decongestant, it works.

[Andrei89]

Finally a good thread by Jabbar.

When I was 13 I flew for the first time, all alone and had no problems with anything. I flew 5 times a year until I was 20 without any discomfort.I have also encountered a lot of turbulence and never worried.

Then in one summer, we hit some bad turbulence, which in the past I would have not been bothered with, but then, this bitch left of me has the look of fear that I have never seen in my life and the muslim dude next to me start praying to Allah.

---> booom, after that encounter with those two people I began being more scared and scared every time I fly. I got to the point once that I did not take my connection flight anymore I was so scared.

Now a days, I have the biggest fear of flying in general, don't get my started on turbulence. I am proud of myself that, although, flying for me is like somebody holding a gun to my head for the duration of the flight, I still do it every year a few times hoping this stupid irrational fear will pass and I will get back to not being bothered at all like I was between 13 and 20.

[ILLsmak]

i rlly hate it, i know its perfectly normal and part of flying, and that a plane can whitstand the worst kind of it like nothing, but its just irrational feeling. i need to fly 2-4 times a year and i seem to never get used to it. feel bad for nba players who dislike this as they fly like crazy every year. ne1 else discomfortable w turbulence?

**** flying. I haven't flown in years. For awhile, I flew so much I got used to it. I don't even mind turbulence, it's just the descending that makes me upset.

You gotta go on those overseas flights if you really wanna get used to it. End up waking up sweat-soaked and like OGODIM ON A PLANE. Or watching a terrible movie ten times in a row.

-Smak

[YouGotServed]

Then in one summer, we hit some bad turbulence, which in the past I would have not been bothered with, but then, this bitch left of me has the look of fear that I have never seen in my life and the muslim dude next to me start praying to Allah.

Why is this so fukking funny? :roll: :roll:

[Meticode]

Why is this so fukking funny? :roll: :roll:
Because he explained the situation so well. :oldlol:

[Dresta]

I whip it out and start beating it right there. Then all the other passengers take a cue from me and they start whipping it out and beating like mad.
:rockon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A_n_zwIZk4

[D-FENS]

I was on a small plane on my way to Boracay in the Philippines. The plane had just started the descent and the nose tilted sharply down. We all felt the plane drop, I don't know how far, but it felt like we were nose down for about 10-15 seconds. Scariest 10-15 seconds of my life, and I've been in a pretty harrowing car crash as well as being robbed at knife point.

My best friend held my hand, LOL. Everyone, I mean everyone looked panicked. You can tell if it's bad by looking at the air hostess. If they look stressed, it's bad. Anyway, a woman screamed when this happened, and the next day I met her on the beach, and she's now my wife.

TL;DR - Scary turbulence story, unbeknownst to me future wife on plane, too.

[magic chiongson]

scotch whisky

[tmacattack33]

i rlly hate it, i know its perfectly normal and part of flying, and that a plane can whitstand the worst kind of it like nothing, but its just irrational feeling. i need to fly 2-4 times a year and i seem to never get used to it. feel bad for nba players who dislike this as they fly like crazy every year. ne1 else discomfortable w turbulence?

It's scary being up there, yes. But just look at the stats. It's seriously more likely for you to have gotten into a life threatening car accident on the way to the airport than for the airplane to go down.

Every time a major airplane goes down we hear about it on the news. And that doesn't happen much.

[Real14]

turbulence iz very annoying to me, like it seems worse than what it iz at first than itz really not a big deal afterwardz. Been on a plane at least 50 timez in my life.

[~primetime~]

I have a 10 hour flight to Paris next week...go to try to sleep through it

[DonDadda59]

guess what I did 26 days ago

You ate more ass didn't you? :facepalm

[rufuspaul]

Like Ced, I look at the flight attendants. They are on these planes all the time. If they're calm, going about their business then I just think of the turbulence as bumps in the road. But when they look scared

[DonDadda59]

[QUOTE=rufuspaul]Like Ced, I look at the flight attendants. They are on these planes all the time. If they're calm, going about their business then I just think of the turbulence as bumps in the road. But when they look scared

[tomtucker]

I whip it out and start beating it right there. Then all the other passengers take a cue from me and they start whipping it out and beating like mad.
:lol :oldlol:

[rufuspaul]

Holy shit that must've been terrifying. Missing the runway was bad enough but then to immediately run into a storm and also run out of fuel?

Someone on that plane was Hitler in a past life.


Macho Man was in DC eating ass, so the plane might have been headed his way.

[DonDadda59]

Macho Man was in DC eating ass, so the plane might have been headed his way.

Deviant bastard putting unborn babies' lives at risk :facepalm

[D-FENS]

[QUOTE=rufuspaul]Like Ced, I look at the flight attendants. They are on these planes all the time. If they're calm, going about their business then I just think of the turbulence as bumps in the road. But when they look scared

[rufuspaul]

That's some scary shit. Good point about the pilot. In January I was flying down to Vegas for CES, and the pilot made this really quick, stressed out sounding announcement over Colorado. Some of the worst turbulence I have ever experienced, and he comes on and says something like: "ahh, we're moving up 5,000 ft." But spoke so quickly and nervously. If he had confidence in his voice, it would have made me a lot more comfortable instead of thinking about dying beside the big smelly mess of a man I was sitting beside.


Yeah, some are better at it than others. I think one of the reasons turbulence is so prevalent nowadays is that air traffic is so dense pilots don't always have the option of changing altitude to try and find some calmer air.

[PHX_Phan]

Turbulence is the same as some bumps in the road. Those planes are not nearly as fragile as they seem.

If you're uncomfortable with flying, read over some plane crash statistics. You are statistically much safer in the air than you are on the ground in a car.

The only thing I hate about flying is sitting in a small chair and not really moving around for hours. I get extremely uncomfortable on flights 5 or more hours. I'll fake going to the bathroom like 4 times just so I can stand up and walk around. First class is a little better since you have more room to sprawl in the seats but it still sucks.

[BasedTom]

It's scary being up there, yes. But just look at the stats. It's seriously more likely for you to have gotten into a life threatening car accident on the way to the airport than for the airplane to go down.

Every time a major airplane goes down we hear about it on the news. And that doesn't happen much.
True, but I've been in multiple car accidents and don't have any permanent damage. I guess the thing I dislike about planes is that just 1 ****up and you're virtually guaranteed to die. And the chaos would be insane

I really wish America had better high speed rail systems like Europe and East Asia

[D-FENS]

Turbulence is the same as some bumps in the road. Those planes are not nearly as fragile as they seem.

If you're uncomfortable with flying, read over some plane crash statistics. You are statistically much safer in the air than you are on the ground in a car.


Unless you're flying in one of these:
http://wbma.images.worldnow.com/images/20860390_BG1.jpg

[PHX_Phan]

True, but I've been in multiple car accidents and don't have any permanent damage. I guess the thing I dislike about planes is that just 1 ****up and you're virtually guaranteed to die. And the chaos would be insane

I really wish America had better high speed rail systems like Europe and East Asia

Not really guaranteed to die. It would have to be some major **** ups on multiple levels for the plane to fail that badly.

I can think of a few very near car wrecks just in the last year that could have easily resulted in me dying. In the 16 years I've been flying on planes, can't name once where I came so close to death.

People really underestimate how dangerous driving is. I think we do it so much and newer cars handle so smoothly that people forget they are moving at high speeds in 3 ton cages of thin metal. If you were driving down a typical road at typical speeds (45 mph), all it would take is for one of those cars traveling the other direction to swerve in front of you and you are looking at a similar impact as falling out of the sky.

[rufuspaul]

Not really guaranteed to die. It would have to be some major **** ups on multiple levels for the plane to fail that badly.

I can think of a few very near car wrecks just in the last year that could have easily resulted in me dying. In the 16 years I've been flying on planes, can't name once where I came so close to death.

People really underestimate how dangerous driving is. I think we do it so much and newer cars handle so smoothly that people forget they are moving at high speeds in 3 ton cages of thin metal. If you were driving down a typical road at typical speeds (45 mph), all it would take is for one of those cars traveling the other direction to swerve in front of you and you are looking at a similar impact as falling out of the sky.


This is true. I think the thing about driving is that you feel like you're in control, even though you aren't. In a plane you don't have any control, even though statistically it's much safer.

[HomieWeMajor]

I start praying in Arabic. Calms me down.

[~primetime~]

I start praying in Arabic. Calms me down.
:oldlol:

[gts]

I never had a problem with turbulence until a flight from Tokyo to LA

Plane felt like it dropped 100 feet, the kind of drop where you see your coffee cup floating above the tray, everybody made some form of surprised noise then we all clapped and laughed...lol

Ever since then every little shimmy gets my attention

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

My ears pop every single time and I'm in agonizing pain but then I look around and it seems like no one else is bothered.
same here!

[ace23]

Turbulence is the same as some bumps in the road. Those planes are not nearly as fragile as they seem.

If you're uncomfortable with flying, read over some plane crash statistics. You are statistically much safer in the air than you are on the ground in a car.
Yeah, but the thing is, in the event of a crash, you're much safer in a car.

[Mr. Jabbar]

it got worst for me with time as well, when younger i couldnt care less about flying, now the slightest chop reminds me of my mortality. to the guy guy that went through some bad turbulence over colorado, that area around denver is well known for turbulence (air flowing vertically up from the mountains).

long flights are also the worst, my record is 13 hrs, (madrid,spain - santiago,chile), would have killed for a smoke, turbulence is usually bad when crossing the equator and andes mountains near chile too

[Mr. Jabbar]

I never had a problem with turbulence until a flight from Tokyo to LA

Plane felt like it dropped 100 feet, the kind of drop where you see your coffee cup floating above the tray, everybody made some form of surprised noise then we all clapped and laughed...lol

Ever since then every little shimmy gets my attention



hate over-water flights more than over land ones, i'd rather swim from LA to Sydney

[Balla_Status]

Been doing a lot of flying over the past year which includes the longest flight in the world--dallas to Brisbane--twice (16 hours). Never really had dramas on these flights or any bad horror stories but jet lag/time change sucks. Just flew from Sydney to London with a stop in Singapore. Shit was long. British airways sucks too...basically starve you. I woke up at 2 am this morning. Sweet.

Worst experience I've had is flying from the outback to Adelaide on a 10 seater. The little planes feel it a lot more but there was a quick drop that woke me up and freaked me a bit. Other than that, shits been fine.

[flipogb]

go sleepless the night before the flight, take dramamine and just sleep

[brantonli]

I never had a problem with turbulence until a flight from Tokyo to LA

Plane felt like it dropped 100 feet, the kind of drop where you see your coffee cup floating above the tray, everybody made some form of surprised noise then we all clapped and laughed...lol

Ever since then every little shimmy gets my attention

Not a turbulence story, but I got some chances to fly in a small training aircraft (with a pilot next to me obv)

http://www.visualeducationforall.com/planes/tutor-plane.jpg
When we were flying, he would let me take control and fly the plane, which was an amazing experience. And then he asked if I wanted to try some tricks, then he suddenly pulled the plane vertically up so that we were flying straight up, and obviously without any air going over the wings, the plane stalled, and then I realised he was showing me zero gravity, and the glove he put on the dashboard started to float and I even felt myself floating out of the harness.

[gts]

Not a turbulence story, but I got some chances to fly in a small training aircraft (with a pilot next to me obv)

http://www.visualeducationforall.com/planes/tutor-plane.jpg
When we were flying, he would let me take control and fly the plane, which was an amazing experience. And then he asked if I wanted to try some tricks, then he suddenly pulled the plane vertically up so that we were flying straight up, and obviously without any air going over the wings, the plane stalled, and then I realised he was showing me zero gravity, and the glove he put on the dashboard started to float and I even felt myself floating out of the harness.

how cool is that...

Jabbar I don't mind the overwater part, for fear but I do hate the overwater part because it means it's a very long flight ahead.... for some time i was flying back and forth to Malaysia for work 3 maybe 4 times a year... first few were fine but it got to the point i just dreaded it... from LAX to Kuala Lumpur with the normal 3-4 hour stop in Tokyo, Taipei or Hong Kong you're traveling for almost 20 hours and like Hawker said the jet lag coming home would screw with me something fierce... it would be days before I could get back to normal sleep habits

bonus is seeing the northern lights from an airplane.. it's pretty amazing

[Le Shaqtus]

it got worst for me with time as well, when younger i couldnt care less about flying, now the slightest chop reminds me of my mortality. to the guy guy that went through some bad turbulence over colorado, that area around denver is well known for turbulence (air flowing vertically up from the mountains).

long flights are also the worst, my record is 13 hrs, (madrid,spain - santiago,chile), would have killed for a smoke, turbulence is usually bad when crossing the equator and andes mountains near chile too

I agree, when I was a kid I didn't know any better. But now when I fly any slight drop just frightens me. Just knowing I could be in that unlucky % of f*cked up plane flights and end up being screwed. It just reminds you how little control you have over your own life.

[BigBoss]

It's a behavioral reaction. It's automatic and completely normal. You need to correct how you respond to it. Next time it happens, before or during, try CBT ( cognitive behavioral therapy), literally just talk to yourself and say " my name is ___ ,i am calm, i am on this routine flight and going through turbelence along with everyone else on this plane, it will stop shortly, and there's absolutely nothing to fear.". It'll slowly get ingrained into your subconscious minimizing the fear stimulus in the next flight. and the one after that, and the one after that until it doesn't bother you anymore. Good luck jabbar

[cuad]

Stop having sex with my girl in the bathroom. Steadies the plane right up.

[bdreason]

I fly from L.A. to the Bay and back multiple times each year on these small American Eagle planes operated by American Airlines. The first few times I was nervous as shit with all the shaking, but I'm used to it now.

It really just comes down to believing in the statistics.

[PHX_Phan]

Yeah, but the thing is, in the event of a crash, you're much safer in a car.

That's a dumb way to look at it. It's not like all plane crashes result in everyone dying. Not all car crashes result in minor injuries.

People act like planes just come falling out of the sky. Cruising altitude is actually the safest part of a flight. Most crashes take place during takeoff and landing, and you're a lot safer in a plane going 100mph than you are in a car.

The statistics alone are staggering. In comparison to flight travel, driving a car is a death wish.

[Rasheed1]

I hate flying.. I used to be able to fly and not be bothered by it at all, but as I get older I get more nervous..

I cant sleep on a plane.. I cant drink on a plane.. I just sit there psyching myself out

Looking out the window at the ground below.. "I wish I was down there... NO!! I mean I wish we LAND SAFELY down there"

Im listening to all the noises the engines make :oldlol: (like Im a f*ckin plane mechanic)

The worst is when it sounds like all the engines just shut off.. lol

I had a couple of bad flights (mostly when going to islands like St Maarten, or Jamaica)

Storms make the pilot keep circling the airport until we get a chance to land.. I hate flying through storms..

Anybody ever see all the planes lined up in the sky to land when you are coming in??

Why does it look like they are standing still in mid air?? I never understood that.