When I was flying back from NYC a few months ago, we were sitting on the runway waiting for the plane to take off when all the sudden this condensation started coming out of the storage compartments. I don't fly often and was unfamiliar with what was happening but assumed it was normal. Everybody seems on edge during plane trips anyway, and this one guy starts shouting for the stewardess to do something about the "smoke" coming out of the airplane. Idiot. Dude was seriously on the verge of losing it. All these business-class travelers were reassuring him but he insisted that the plane was on fire or something. He shut-up after about a minute. How embarrassing.

i hate flying and i'd really not like to do it ever again.

oddly enough, i'd like to take a helicopter tour of NYC, and i think i wouldn't mind flying if i were the one at the helm.

The only time in my life I ever flew was 2 months after 9/11/01 (Philly to Atlanta). I was on the lookout for terrorists the whole time.

I went to Europe 10 days after the attack on the World Trade Centers...
That included something like 20 plane rides going over, travelling around, and coming back.

It was weird

I only flew once, to Chicago, and it was a connecting flight. I was TERRIFIED - of getting air sick. Everyone reassures me before hand by telling me that the planes are so big that you don't really feel anything, and I'll be fine.

The first plane was SO small that they didn't even pull it up to the gate. We just walked across the parking lot to it. I ended up being okay though.

my worst flight was when we crashed in the ocean and i was stuck on an island with a volleyball and nothing else. they made a movie about my experience.

I fly quite often. My only real problem is that airlines let people carry on shit that is WAAAAY too big. I ask for very minimal space for my laptop in the overhead bin, and it really pisses me off when all the space has been taken up by enormous roller bags.

you're really hatin' on anything big now huh?

i used to hate flying but now i don't mind it. the leg room still sucks though.

I grew up flying a lot with my dad in small single engine and twin engine planes, so I've never had any issues flying at all. My first time on a 747 was pretty crazy though. It was a trip to Australia from LA and I was sitting over the wings. You could easily see how loaded up the wings were full of fuel because they were sagging very low. As the monster started gaining speed down the runway they started to lift. I'm still amazed that an aircraft that large can take off. Incredible.

Recently we took our daughter on her first flight. She was 10 months old at the time. Anyway, everything went fine with that. But on both the flight out and the return flight there were medical emergencies and they paged over the intercom if there was a doctor on board. I'd never had that happen before on all the flights I've been on. Problem is though, that my wife is a doctor and she's ethically (and morally) supposed to respond in these cases. Thankfully there was another doctor that could help in both cases and I wasn't left with to deal with the baby by myself.

I've only been on an airplane twice, going to and coming from Orlando last year. Sad to say, I don't have any great airplane stories yet.

i hate flying with a passion. I drive everywhere, no matter how long it takes.

the 2nd 3rd and 4th times i was ever on a plane i jumped out!
the first was for a wedding in cleveland
flying sucks but to get to where the great skiing and powder is its a necessary evil when you're in new england...still only did that once
but whistler/blackomb is in my sites!!

i don't mind flying. mostly because it means i'm going somewhere. worst experience i've had was on a flight from NYC to london where i was next to an irishman who ordered a bottle of wine and a screwdriver every single time the drinks cart came around. i was pretty out of it at the time myself and he keep asking me personal questions. and every time i feel asleep, someone kept mysteriously poking me.

i blame united.

I get headaches every time I fly.

Sorry bout that

My senior year at military school, me and my boy were flying home for the holidays. When we checked in, our seats were supposedly taken already. The gay check-in staff guy (gay accent, gap in teeth, the whole 9 yards) was looking up an alternative for us on the computer. He said "well, I couldn't find any available standard seating for you guys". Here we're thinking "aw sheeit!". Then the guy smiles and says "so I upgraded you two to first class!"

After 9/11 occurred, most of us felt safe flying back home for the fall break. Mind you, we're required to travel home in our full-dress military uniform. As we're boarding the plane, "random searches" were done on suspicious-looking people before they enter the gate to the plane. Three of my friends go before me and get in without a problem. As soon as I step forward, a security guard firmly orders me to move to side for a "random search". I was furious! I'm wearing a formal military uniform! I wanted to say that it was because of my background, but I don't think security is that dumb.

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