Whenever I see a plane or a jet I always think they are going to crash. I'm positive that those flashing lights mean something, or they are flying too close to the ground, or that maybe that 45 degree angle they fly at is slowly decreasing and they are plummeting.
After recently flying alone a lot, turbulence scares the shit out of me. Every time that seatbelt sign comes on I automatically think, that's it, I'm a goner, how the hell am I supposed to survive this crash.
I'm not overly sure whether this paranoia about planes is completely natural, but even the scene in 'Donnie Darko' where the jet engine smashes into the house really gives me the creeps.
I always stay 100% awake on plane journeys, even the most recent 8 hour America flight. I ended up watching so much television I felt I was inside the screen. I also don't drink a lot of alcohol on flights, I like to stay alert, for completely the wrong reasons. If plummeting to the ground/sea being intoxicated may soften the blow and the oxygen mask that pops down would be funny, rather than menacingly scary!
No, I don't drink because up 36,000 feet it's like having triples, and everyone knows, a thimble of Babycham and I'm anybodys.
Yes, I did take this photo. Just before departing to Maine for the first time. I like to sit directly above the wing, if an engine dropped, HELL i'd know about it!
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