[fun4bru]

My husband, my two year old and myself are flying southwest at the end of April and I absolutely hate to fly and I am sure that I am not the only one out there... I was just wondering what is the worst flight story that you guys have or have you ever had and experiences good or bad with southwest airlines.....

[bali]

Why would you want to know our worst flight stories!!?? Wouldn't that just make everything worse?? ;)

I've only had bumpy flights--turbulance. Nothing terrifyingly scary, thank God. Never flown Southwest, but I've heard good things! :)

[DisneyTeacher]

We've flown SWA a few times and it's a great airline. I also hate to fly but last summer we had a couple of great flights and I would do it again.

[tiptonsara]

I have flown SW in the past and would fly with them again. We have had some bumpy flights but nothing scary. Good luck. Let us know how the trip goes.

[SDuncan]

My wife hates to fly and we flew SW to Orlando and had great flights both directions (even in her opinion). It was the first time my children flew and they loved it also. I like flying SW except for the cattle call seating.

[BDavis932]

I HATE (scared to death of) flying, too. I have now flown twice in the last 9 months on Southwest (to Orlando and back home) and it was wonderful. We are flying again in 12 days (yay!) back to WDW.

Here is a great (free) website to help calm your fear of flying, it has several videos by a long time captain of a commercial airline. Hope it helps: http://www.fearofflyinghelp.com/

[fun4bru]

wjat a great site thanks so much!

[E&B's Mom]

I tavel semi-frequently for work now, and flying is not one of my favorite things, but I deal with it. I would fly Southwest again in a heartbeat - never have had a bad experince. In fact we just booked our June vacation flights on Southwest.

After the terrible time I had getting home from Portland, OR last week, I would never fly United again if I had any choice (which I don't always for work). I was 6 hours late getting home. Most of it was late planes due to weather in other places, but when they issued me the wrong boarding passes twice (you'd think they'd at least check to see if it was right the 2nd time) and left us sitiing on the plane at the gate for 2 hours while the baggage handlers took their time loading the plane because it was too cold (and the flight attendants solution to keeping us happy was to turn off the lights in the cabin and hide in the back so we couldn't bother them) I think my decision is made based on their service.

Anyway, as far as hating flying goes - I always look for someone who appears to be a very frequent traveler. If we hit turbulance or something else happens and I start to get worried, I just look over at them. Usually they are very calm and haven't even blinked, and it helps calm my fears.

[c-palace]

Originally Posted by fun4bru

My husband, my two year old and myself are flying southwest at the end of April and I absolutely hate to fly and I am sure that I am not the only one out there... I was just wondering what is the worst flight story that you guys have or have you ever had and experiences good or bad with southwest airlines.....

Well mines not so bad. But I was riding Horizon from Spokane to Boise(if you've ever been on Horizon you would be scared right there because they're so small and cramped ) and it was at night. Well they turned all the cabin lights off and we started having some turbulence. It was pretty freaky being in the dark and feeling the plane drop then go up then drop.

And btw, good for you SW is one of the safest and best airlines in the buisness. I should have flown with them last time .

[c-palace]

And I HATE to fly too. After all the crashes and incidents I prefer just cars :P.

[Jess]

Flying doesn't bother me.
I've been flying frequently since I was 3 years old and it's just like riding a train.
With slight ear discomfort.

[Ready2Go]

I like flying...............................not big on crashing though.

[c-palace]

Originally Posted by Ready2Go

I like flying...............................not big on crashing though.

Yes I don't think anybody is.

[15 mins to wdw]

My worst flying story will remain untold, however it did not occur on southwest and they are the only airline I fly now. They are the best out there. There was a recent news story about what airlines have the best on time departure and arrival and southwest was # 1 or 2.

Relax is the best thing I can say, southwest has a great safety record.

[PrincessJill]

Originally Posted by c-palace

And I HATE to fly too. After all the crashes and incidents I prefer just cars :P.

They say you're safer in a plane than in a car. Less crashes. They just get publicized more.

I still prefer cars. Planes scare me to death. I don't have any horror stories, so I don't really have a reason to be scared. I just am. *shrug*