Fly Content: Cutting Down On Airport Anxiety

You are preparing to go to the Bahamas to be a part of your cousin’s wedding. You got the perfect dress, an adorable bathing suit, and you discovered your lost U.S. passports. But… you’ve never flown before. All you ever hear about is how small and uncomfortable planes are and how miserable security is. Just the thought of zipping through the air way to far above the surface makes you nauseous. I used to be one of you, so I’ve comprised a little list of the things that help me cope.

The first and most important thing you can do is to just relax. Get yourself in a frame of mind where you can think rationally. Flying is extremely safe; driving your car is more dangerous than flying. Flying seems so scary only because all you hear about are dramatic stories covering crazy plane crashes.

- A bee sting is more likely to kill you than a plane crash.
- It would take 19,000 years to experience a crash if you spent everyday on a plane.
- A pilot goes through as much training as a doctor does.
- Planes have a back-up system for everything, as well as three autopilots and two to three computers.