Hi I am David,and it’s been a very long time since I last went on holiday on a plane. More than 10 years ago was the last time I fainted when flying. It was pretty clear to me that something was wrong, yet I didn’t feel or think that I was scared of flying, it just happened. After all that mess happened, I decided to give planes a miss for as long as possible, having holidays in my own country was good enough for me. Then everything was going to change, the missus wanted to go abroad didn’t she, and all the way to Egypt, so no trains or cars!
Just remembering how little I did actually remember of flying was scary enough… When I returned from my last holiday I passed out as well, however I have no idea why, and it was a while ago now, so I got a little scared! So there was the plane, choices had to be made, and the choice to turn around and run wasn’t there. So I sat down, and nothing seemed to happen, my heart wasn’t racing and everything seemed fine, I could see straight as well. Nothing seemed to unsettle me, even the noise of the massive engines under the planes wings didn’t upset me!
I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t pass out this time, or why I passed out the last time, everything just seemed to be fine this time. I was actually getting pretty excited about my holiday now. I was eager to get back on the plane and get flying again. Everything just couldn’t stay going all smooth could it! Over the Tannoy I could hear the Captain announce we were heading into some rough turbulence. OK I braced myself, and it was really rocking and shaking from side to side, I was really scared, and there was even a storm outside, things couldn’t have looked much worse. Then It was over, as quick as it had started it had finished. I remember thinking to myself, why don’t you faint now you plonker!
Egypt holidays turned out to be something I never returned to, next up was a decision between Maldives holidays or Sri Lanka holidays, both involve a aeroplane!