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Originally Posted by 4X4
You just need to look at it from a positive angle. First of all, turbulence is kinda fun. Well, it's fun to watch other people get scared. I know that sounds really mean, but seriously, sometimes it's amusing to see how scared people get over something that isn't really a big deal.
Secondly, if the plane does crash, at least you're probably going to die on impact, rather than getting all f'd up like you would in a car crash. We all have to die sometime. At least in a plane crash, you'd have 30 seconds to reconsider whether you believe in God, and then you're done. No spending weeks in the hospital in agony before dying, just one splat.
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hahahaha this is so true!
Im on a longhaul TPAC flight every month and it just gets amusing to watch other folks and thier reaction to turbulence. For one thing, its an amazing engineering feat that 300+ people are cruising around comfortable at 38,000 ft drinking bevy's and watching movies - and during turbulence, have a look out the window and just see how much those big ol wings flex - its just amazing and so cool!!
well, 30 seconds is a bit under kill - it would take several minutes from altitude before you become like a bug splat on a windshield - I think my biggest fear is having a major depressurization event at altitude and being removed from what remains of the airplane......would be quite a ride though :-)