Fear of Flying

It can be quite daunting stepping on to a plane which is about to shoot up into the sky at hundreds of miles an hour and we’ve all hears stories about how all pilots do is press a button or anybody can open the door in flight but how much of that is actually true? Pteromerhanophobia also known as fear of flying is having a fear of being in an aircraft during flight. As air travel is becoming harder to avoid the issues of fear of flying are more important.

The Autopilot is an aid which can fly at the altitude, direction and speed that the pilot chooses. This means that pilots don’t have to keep their hands on the controls all the time. While the plane is in flight the pilot regularly checks the systems to make sure that the autopilot is doing its job. Though the autopilot is used in nearly all commercial flights less than 1 percent of the landings are done using the autopilot. Also it would be impossible for even the strongest man to open the door in flight the pressure is pushing the door in.

Its true flying is the safest form of transport and even safer that walking. You have got more chance of dying from being stung by a bee or a coconut falling on you’re head than flying. Also, statistically if you flew every day it would take you 15000 years before you were in a fatal accident.