The top ten

[Passenger Mark]

If you had to list the top 10 myths that you "USE" to believe about flying... what would they be???

[Disney fan]

1.
If I was on the plane something bad would happen
2.
If one engine failed we were doomed.
3.
If I saw someone looking anxious and nervous sweaty palms etc. It must be a terrorrist. ( It was perhaps Mark)

4.
Turbulence would surely harm the plane.

5.
2 dings on the bell meant that we had a problem.

Ok thats five to be going on with!!!


Lynda

[WillFlyToDisney2]

If the Flight Attendants weren't smiling then something was wrong.

Smaller planes are more dangerous than larger planes.

Any kind of turbulence is dangerous.

[xiknal]

1. any plane I got on would crash just 'cause I was on it
2. pilots are crazy thrill-seekers and risk-takers who love to cheat death
3. aircraft mechanics are lightin' up doobies behind the maintenance hangar
4. the airlines cut corners on safety and cover it all up
5. turbulence is dangerous to the airplane
6. if I didn't put my full attention on keeping the plane aloft with my mind, it would crash

I can't come up with ten, but these were bad enough...:cry

[Chelle]

lightin' up doobies! :smokin :rotflmao

1. The wings could snap off from turbulence

2. If anything mechanical went wrong, the plane would surely spiral to the ground

3. There was only 1 pilot in control of the whole plane

4. If a plane got hit by lightening, everyone inside would be fried (ok, that one's over the top but I really thought that :lol )

5. Those weren't "real" peanuts ;)

6. FA's were just glorified waitresses

7. If an engine failed, the plane would drop like a lead brick

that's all I can think of :D

[Passenger Mark]

Bumping this one back up to see if anyone wants to add to it.

[MadScientist]

1) Anyone walking down the aisles would upset the ballance of the plance.

2) Turbulence is dangerous (Still not convinced)

3) Aborted landings mean there's a problem with the landing gear.

4) The air exhaust vent in the bathroom is always connected to the air vent above my seat. :fart

5) All flight attendants are attractive.

6) The smaller planes are safer because they can actually glide. The larger jets will just plummet to earth.

7) I used to think I was "lucky" after every flight to have landed safely.

8) That foul smell is due to that fat man passing gas. (It's usually due to some petite cute girl or a flight attendant who is going down the aisles and "crop dusting")

9) Bad weather in the vacinity always makes for a rough ride.

10) Planes flew through thunderstorms.

[YankssRule]

1. If I stand up and walk, I would disrupt the balance of the plane. :sigh
2. Any turbulence is very bad.
3. Aborted landings, something is definitely wrong with the plane.
4. Flight attendants, not smiling, something is definitely wrong.
5. Any sound, plane will go down.
6. Plane will go down because I'm on it.
7. Smaller planes scare the crap out of me !!! :wired
8. Pilots..what pilots..who is flying this plane anyway..hehe

Can't think of any others at this time..but If I think long enough, my list would be way more than 10...LOL

Janet :sunshine

[Passenger Mark]

In reading these I am amazed that you all "think" or use to think the same things as I did, or may still do!

Especially the one about... THE plane that I am on is THE plane that is going to have a problem.

I still say that... How can YOUR plane be the one something is going to happen to, when it is MY plane that something is going to happen to.

Maybe... just maybe... nothing is going to happen to either!

[JPenny]

1. This is THE one flight in a million that's going down.
2. ANYTHING that happens other than silky-smooth and quiet (any change at all in the status quo) means something's going wrong.
3. The pilot/crew don't give a rip about me or anyone else on the plane, and may possible be suicidal or mentally imbalanced.

Those three pretty much cover it all for me.

Jean

[LesliePHX]

Stuff I used to believe before I got better ...

(1) If the plane is filled to the gills, it is too heavy to fly and we will crash on takeoff. I'm the only one who knows this.

(2) If the plane isn't filled to the gills, it means lots of would-be passengers knew on some subconscious, psychic level that the plane would crash, and that's why they didn't make the flight. (I actually did read this in a "True Stories" magazine when I was in 8th grade or something, and it suddenly comes back to me.) I'm the only one who knows this.

(3) The state of the upholstery reflects the state of the mechanical stuff. I'm the only one who knows this.

(4) Flying is just a fluke. Sure, we got airborne, but that doesn't mean we'll stay up here. I'm the only one who knows this.

(5) I know more than the pilots, the air traffic controllers, the mechanics, and everybody else involved with my flight, so I better be vigilent about monitoring everything I can because that will somehow help.

Leslie

[JPenny]

:rolling

Leslie, that's SO TRUE: "I'm the only person who knows this." I ALWAYS feel that way!!! What a riot!

Jean :rolling