fear of flying

[JohnnyH]

Gold star for Liz, it actually ensures you snap your neck on impact.

 

Not if you have your belt on. If the impact is so hard to hammer all the seats together then you're fucked anyway. Numerous people have had their necks broken and in the worse case, were decapitated by bags and duty free, thus why the crouch.

[drewy]

Not if you have your belt on. If the impact is so hard to hammer all the seats together then you're fucked anyway. Numerous people have had their necks broken and in the worse case, were decapitated by bags and duty free, thus why the crouch.

 

Do you really think those pissy little bolts holding your seat to the rail are going to hold? Trust me mate I'm an aircraft Engineer, the only reason you're told to adopt the postion is to ensure a quick death.

[Nick Leeson]

Do you really think those pissy little bolts holding your seat to the rail are going to hold? Trust me mate I'm an aircraft Engineer, the only reason you're told to adopt the postion is to ensure a quick death.

is it true i could punch a hole in a 747 with a toffee hammer?

[She Knows It]

Not if you have your belt on. If the impact is so hard to hammer all the seats together then you're fucked anyway. Numerous people have had their necks broken and in the worse case, were decapitated by bags and duty free, thus why the crouch.

 

To be fair, if I was about to plummet into the side of a mountain from 30,000 feet, the threat of a bottle of Issy Miyake falling on my head would be the least of my worries.

[drewy]

is it true i could punch a hole in a 747 with a toffee hammer?

 

Yes, the outer skin (Aluminium Lithium alloy) is about 3mm thick. It's the ribs and spars that give it strength.

 

Not sure about the 787/A350 which are majority carbon fibre, tough as fuck but brittle when shock impacted.

[JohnnyH]

Do you really think those pissy little bolts holding your seat to the rail are going to hold? Trust me mate I'm an aircraft Engineer, the only reason you're told to adopt the postion is to ensure a quick death.

 

We're in a similiar business then mate. And so trust me, who ever told you that is talking through their arse.

 

Just think about it. Why on earth would an airline want to guarantee death? Minimum payouts now for a healthy 30something professional been killed in an aircrash is about £1.2m. That person living will receive not even 10% of that.

 

It is for safety. I've been on the aircrash courses with American Airlines and studied the Delta one also. This is a live issue in my job and something I have prepared for in my job. No airline wants to guarantee death. The simple thought is absurd.

[She Knows It]

Flight! Flight! Flight!

[Nick Leeson]

We're in a similiar business then mate. And so trust me, who ever told you that is talking through their arse.

 

Just think about it. Why on earth would an airline want to guarantee death? Minimum payouts now for a healthy 30something professional been killed in an aircrash is about £1.2m. That person living will receive not even 10% of that.

 

It is for safety. I've been on the aircrash courses with American Airlines and studied the Delta one also. This is a live issue in my job and something I have prepared for in my job. No airline wants to guarantee death. The simple thought is absurd.

So what do you say to that drewy? He seems to know his aircraft. Are you giving us duff info here, Andy?

 

I wanna see some credentials from you two!

[hamstrung]

"JohhnyH" and friends?

 

[JohnnyH]

To be fair, if I was about to plummet into the side of a mountain from 30,000 feet, the threat of a bottle of Issy Miyake falling on my head would be the least of my worries.

 

Always sit near the back. No plane has ever reversed into a mountain.

[Dougie Do'ins]

It's so your head is ducked to protect you from flying baggage/duty free bags in the aircraft on impact.

 

So you'll hit your head on the seat in front and die quickly?

 

Gold star for Liz, it actually ensures you snap your neck on impact.

 

Not if you have your belt on. If the impact is so hard to hammer all the seats together then you're fucked anyway. Numerous people have had their necks broken and in the worse case, were decapitated by bags and duty free, thus why the crouch.

 

is it true i could punch a hole in a 747 with a toffee hammer?

Thanks for that people. Thats me cured then.

 

Bastards.

[JohnnyH]

Thanks for that people. Thats me cured then.

 

Bastards.

 

Ha ha. Oh well. Just take the boat.

[odris]

Ha ha. Oh well. Just take the boat.

 

Funny story, i once bored a ship called Titanic....

[Redder Lurtz]

Gold star for Liz, it actually ensures you snap your neck on impact.

 

I thought it was to protect your teeth from impact to make identification of bodies by dental records easier?

[odris]

It is so on impact you have a nice suck treat as a send off, women on the other hand get there personal "seeing to".

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I had a fear of flying without wings untill I bought that Westlife album mmm Westlife, one of thems turned bandit you know.

[Juniper]

I used to be scare of flying but I'm sound now, love it in fact

 

I used to love the sea but I am scared shitless of it

 

(I think the two fears swapped with each other one night over a bottle of vodka)

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Open your trousers, look at your cock, stop forgetting that you are a man, and get on the fucking plane.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

advice please...what would you do if your partner said im never going to fly again..but you loved flying, and hoped to travel with your kids wives or husbands in the future. :no

 

 

Oh and just one more thing, how many of your kids have wives ??

[Redder Lurtz]

Not enjoying this thread. I'm getting on one of those fucking things at the end of August and this isn't helping.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Not enjoying this thread. I'm getting on one of those fucking things at the end of August and this isn't helping.

 

There is a more chance of being hit by a car than dying in a plane crash, I forget why this helps.

[odris]

I hate the bit when you are climbing and you never know wether you are going to make the 33,000 or so feet, scares the shit outta me.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I hate the bit when you are climbing and you never know wether you are going to make the 33,000 or so feet, scares the shit outta me.

 

 

I know its a nightmare, sitting there with your altimeter, 22'000,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,32,32, ARRRRRRGH !!!!!33..... phew,relax.

[Stu Monty]

You're scared of crashing, not flying, people. I couldn't give a fuck about it really. Getting to ace places is more important than the fear of dying.

 

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

You're scared of crashing, not flying, people. I couldn't give a fuck about it really. Getting to ace places is more important than the fear of dying.

 

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

 

 

If I lived on my knees i'd still be taller than you Stu.