{"id":5284,"date":"2012-02-22T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2012-02-22T13:18:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:18:29","slug":"flying-phobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/22\/flying-phobia\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying phobia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">O<\/span>ne would think after living here in the US for close to 6 years now and\u00a0having a sister who worked in the airlines for many years would have actually\u00a0cured my flying phobia.<\/p>\n<p>MMmmmm&#8230; WRONG!!!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/22\/flying-phobia\/girl-in-the-airplane\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"424,283\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Surkov Vladimir&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;surprised girl in the airplane&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1232955555&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Surkov Vladimir (c) 2007&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;girl in the airplane&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"girl in the airplane\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;surprised girl in the airplane&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5320\" title=\"girl in the airplane\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly.jpg 424w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fear-to-fly-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s so many reason why I hate flying and let me tell you how it all went downhill.\u00a0I&#8217;d no prior flight experience before coming to US. And the genius in me never thought to take a trial short flight before the long haul. To top it off, no one had an ounce of intelligence to warn me about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take offs and landings are the scariest. Well, at least to me.<\/li>\n<li>shockingly loud noise of toilet flush. It&#8217;s sounds as though as I am about to be sucked out into the vortex!<\/li>\n<li>not everyone is lucky to fall asleep. I am one of the unlucky ones, only because the airplane is way too noisy. The longest nap I&#8217;ve taken on air is about 30 minutes, in a stretch.<\/li>\n<li>taking turbulence seriously, especially while walking or during restroom breaks. Almost\u00a0vomited\u00a0on this one.<\/li>\n<li>i am cursed with long limbs, therefore uncomfortable seating should be expected.<\/li>\n<li>whether its an aisle or window seat &#8212; you are bound to irritate others or expect to be irritated by others.<\/li>\n<li>dozing off on the shoulder of strangers is common, but\u00a0frowned upon.<\/li>\n<li>ringing in the eardrums is so common, yet not a soul came forward with details on <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/travelogue-part-4-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">painful ordeal<\/a> afterwards.<\/li>\n<li>sipping wine to calm wrecked nerves. I was too naive thought it would have costed an arm &amp; leg. Duh!<\/li>\n<li>insomnia that comes in a package, labelled as &#8220;jet-lag&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These issues might seem too small in comparison to &#8220;pat down&#8221; drama during airport security clearance. I guess, you win some you loose some. Eh.<\/p>\n<p>So, I have to live with the fact that flying would always be an uncomfortable experience for me. Scratch that. Loathing is the right word here.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Are you afraid of flying? Any awful experience?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Thought of the day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">I think getting drunk is the key to flying comfortably. A couple of Bloody Marys or several glasses of champagne, and suddenly it&#8217;s like you&#8217;re on a roller coaster.<\/span><\/em>&#8220;\u2014\u00a0<strong>Amanda Peet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapairportparking.org\/blog\/Fear-of-Flying\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One would think after living here in the US for close to 6 years now and\u00a0having a sister who worked in the airlines for many years would have actually\u00a0cured my flying phobia. 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