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Re:The Silent Anniversary: Fifteen Years Since Our Last Majo... by bbarn on Thursday December 08, 2016 @11:59PM (#13136778)
Ditto. Was traveling for a living, and didn't care at all about it for years, then I got worse and worse, and had to change careers. I think part of it was the increase in stress overall after 9/11 in travelling, but maybe another part of it is doing it enough times, having enough unpleasant experiences that it's added up to me just hating everything that can happen on a typical flight.

Also, dropping 10-20 feet and seeing/feeling the frame of the aircraft flexing about is just plain unsettling.

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Re:The Silent Anniversary: Fifteen Years Since Our Last Majo... by WalterBright on Friday December 09, 2016 @02:48AM (#13137355)
> dropping 10-20 feet and seeing/feeling the frame of the aircraft flexing about is just plain unsettling.

If it helps, Boeing tests the wings to failure by mounting them to a diabolical torture device that bends them. They have to be bent near vertical before failure.

A little turbulence flapping the wings is about as dangerous as your car's suspension flexing over rough roads.

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