Flying

Why do people fear flying? Is it because they experienced a “bad flight” or heard about bad events, where people have died, but is flying that dangerous if you look close. It is not always on the plane you get afrad, many people become afraid by reasons which does not involve being on a plane. People, who have a stressful period in life, has a higher percentage to become afraid of flying. All who have tried to fly has at one time or another had a sinking feeling when the plane is in the air, but it did not stop us from putting us into the plane again. It cannot be said about people suffering from flying phobia. They cannot just sit on a plane, as it goes against their instincts. People who are afraid of flying often suffer also from claustrophobia, so the fear of confined spaces or being clamped. They are often too scared to run in trains, buses or sail. Fortunately, there are sleeping pills, which many people swallow just before they fly. It causes them to sleep the whole route, so they do not experience anxiety attacks. Of course, it is annoying to have to swallow pills to perform the flight. Looking at the numbers from 1981 to 1994, one can see that 100 people died in flight, while 46,000 have died in car accidents, so you can quickly get a picture in your head that airplanes are much safer than the car. The weird thing about the newspapers and the public media today is that you only hear if there is an aircraft crashing, never to be heard in car crashes or similar. It is perhaps also why many people develop a look inside that flying is much more dangerous than driving a car.