Continental Airline Tickets - are you afraid to fly in an airplane?

are you afraid to fly in an airplane?

i sure am... ever since 911.... Exchanges overheard between pilots and control towers: ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!" ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees." TWA 2341: "Center, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?" Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?" ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!" Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!" Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!" ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound." United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this. I've got the little Fokker in sight." ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?" Student: "When I was number one for takeoff." ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. San Jose Tower noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport." ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7." Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway." Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?" BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern. We've already notified our caterers." ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?" The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one." ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206. Speedbird 206: " Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway." Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven." The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop. Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?" Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now." Ground round (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?" Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- and I didn't land." ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich , overheard the following: Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?" Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English." Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?" Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!" ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ----- While taxiing at London 'S Gatwick Airport , the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn

Public Comments

Nope I'm not.
yes. the taking of is ok. once in the air i get really nervous and i just cant wait until its lands.
Nope, but I hate enduring the whole procedures and stuff eh well...it's worth it later when i get to the certain place. I went on an airplane last December wooo!
No. The best part is taking off.
No
No, even i didnt read the story.
its not so much that i'm afraid as that i know of how badly technology can backfire against human kind, and besides if we were meant to fly we'd have wings and birds would be shooting us out of the sky
Yeah, I'm very afraid to fly.
a lil bit cuz 0f that incident.... but u cant be scared 4ever.... rite?
Yes and No. It all depends, really. I was on a plane the day before 9/11
nope im not
If I was I wouldn't have one.
Yes, definitely. The takeoff is fun, but once we are in the air, I get really paranoid.
no.....I love to fly!
yes. but it's fun.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Read every one, classic! lol Oh, I'm not afraid of fllying in an airplane, but people have a tendency to grab at my wings as I whiz by.
Always have been ;) Wrong turn by an airplane! lol
no its safer now then it was before