Co-pilot gets sick, stewardess helps land airplane
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From: Mxsmanic on 10 Jul 2010 18:37 The Starmaker writes: > Do they get 'dizzy spells' too? Dizzy spells are much more likely to be pathological in both pilots and non-pilots.
From: The Starmaker on 10 Jul 2010 20:07 Mxsmanic wrote: > > The Starmaker writes: > > > You have to be CRAZY to fly an airplane! > > > > I was watching this show on TV called "The Bachelor"... > > he was a pilot..flies airplanes... > > he's a commercial pilot.. > > > > he has a 'fear of heights'. > > Flying in an airplane does not trigger a fear of heights, and a fear of > heights is just as common among pilots as it is in the general population. A > pilot might feel anxious standing at the top of the stairs while getting on or > off his airplane, but he won't feel that way in the cockpit. The same is true > for passengers with a fear of heights. > > The notion that a fear of heights can interfere with the ability to work as a > pilot is a misconception. A fear of heights is usually a translated fear of > falling, and you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane. Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure place?" like "inside an airplane??" (who feels secure inside an airplane?) You can feel 'fear of falling' laying on a floor! Do you know where the 'fear of falling' comes from?
From: The Starmaker on 10 Jul 2010 20:32 Wingnut wrote: > > On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:57:09 -0500, Jim Logajan wrote: > > > Wingnut <wingnut45544(a)hotmail.invalid> wrote: > >> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:08:58 -0700, Hatunen wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:04:46 -0500, Jim Logajan <JamesL(a)Lugoj.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>>Wingnut <wingnut45544(a)hotmail.invalid> wrote: > >>>>> I'm about as sane as they come. > >>>> > >>>>The Wingnut sanity clause. Oh my. > >>> > >>> There ain't no sanity clause. > >> > >> Nonetheless, I'm about as sane as they come. > > > > And one flew over the cuckoo's nest. > > If that's intended to suggest that I'm as nutty as that book's > protagonist, well I hate to tell you this but you're wrong. Sorry. :-) What does 'Wingnut' stand for?
From: atlieb on 10 Jul 2010 20:48 On Jul 10, 1:10 am, Mxsmanic <mxsma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > you cannot fall when you are securely inside an airplane. WRONG.
From: Mxsmanic on 11 Jul 2010 07:41
The Starmaker writes: > Come onnn already, ...you can feel 'fear of falling' in a "secure > place?" like "inside an airplane??" A fear of falling usually presents when a person is confronted with railings, open edges, etc.--anything that might conceivably permit him to fall. Open glass walls or floors, by extension, can trigger the fear also. But sitting in a seat with seat belt attached and looking out a small window that one can obviously not fit through isn't likely to trigger a fear of falling or heights. > (who feels secure inside an airplane?) Pilots and experienced passengers. > You can feel 'fear of falling' laying on a floor! That would be very unusual. > Do you know where the 'fear of falling' comes from? A fear of falling is wired in. All normal people have some degree of fear of falling. Even babies automatically fear falling and heights. Only when it becomes very extreme is it considered pathological and a phobia. Fear of falling/heights can be aggravated by vestibular problems that affect the ability to balance for walking and standing. Older people with such problems often develop a strong fear of heights and falling (and justifiably so, to some extent). Both fears tend to get worse with age in most people. Women are more often affected than men. |