Comment on Surfers stunned as plane door falls from sky and narrowly misses fisher on NSW beach

• Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used to be pretty fearful of flying but then I worked in an airport and saw how many people fly every single day without even a minor issue. That really normalised it for me (not that I fly often).

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  • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i’ve flown my entire life. it’s the parking, baggage limits, baggage fees, TSA bullshit, being surrounded by entitled tourists and their screaming shitlings in a tiny disgusting seat, layovers, delays, canceled flights, baggage claims, lost baggage, and yes–doors flying off of not-small planes that factored into my decision. fuck literally everything about flying. i don’t know how much money it would take to make me ever deal with any of it ever again, but it would be a hell of a lot

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    • SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I enjoy being “randomly” selected for further screening for five flights in series and having by balls fondled in public.

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    • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think spending so much time in airports has desensitised me to most of that stuff, though it has taken the excitement out of airports and flight travel too. It’s just like being in a shopping mall or on a bus to me now. I will say the one bit I still hate are those long international flights where I can go to sleep, wake up and still be in the air. Something about that always unsettles me.

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      • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i’m glad that it’s a thing that works for you

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