Aloha Friday: Flying Fears
I’ve written about my fear of flying before. When the airplane I’m riding in takes off or lands, I get very nervous. Just writing and thinking about it is causing my hands to shake a bit.
I try to fill my mind with statistics which prove that air travel is safe. I tell myself that the number of accidents involving fatalities in the past 5 years is only a handful compared to the tons of flights that take off and land uneventfully day after day after day. Still, the Hollywood image runs through my mind of a plane coming in for a landing when something goes horribly wrong. (Perhaps Hollywood Airlines should get some better planes because a plane in a film or TV show almost invariable encounters problems along the trip.) The fear remains with me no matter how unreasonable I tell myself it is.
Still, I’m going to have to endure this if I want to go to Disney World. I could do this with no problem, but this year there’s an additional fear: Airport Security. I’m all for security on airplanes, but I’ll admit I’m afraid of the enhanced security procedures that I’ve heard are in place. From Rapiscan scanners (seriously, could they have come up with a worse name for it?!!) that effectively display a nude image of you while exposing you to radiation to TSA personnel who must pat you down in areas that only my doctor and wife ever touch.
And it isn’t mainly me I’m afraid about. Were it just me, I’d steel myself for it and get through it. It’s my kids I’m worried about. Will they ask JSL to step into the scanner by himself? Will they want to pat down NHL such that our Stranger Danger lessons get triggered? The boys are excited about the Disney World trip and I’d hate for an airport security nightmare to mar the experience.
My Aloha Friday question for today is: Have you travelled with kids recently via airplane? How was your airport security experience? If not, do you have any fears about your kids handling airport security?
Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the McLinky there if you are participating.
Aloha #78
I suppose I see it all from another angle. I’m all for airport security although I do wig out if I get patted down and such. The last time we traveled with little ones was a few years back with the grands. It was a pain taking the baby our of the stroller and the cat out of the carrier but with planned extra time for security and discussing it all with the grands before hand…everything worked out fine.
I don’t have any kid, but when I travel with my nieces, nephews and god kids, we never have a problem. We always explain the process the night before and the morning of departure so they always no what to expect.
Never been on a plane with my kids and yes I worry about how invasive it has gotten and then freaking out, plus the ride itself would be nuts my kids are 5,3 and 18 months ( no thanks)
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To be honest with you, we would rather drive. If we do have to fly with out kiddo, we will work it out! I am not concerned
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I knew someone killed in a crash years ago and would not fly for over 20 years. When my kids were small we preferred driving which I am glad we did for all of the memories etc. I really HATE going through security.
Have a great weekend!
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Yes, we traveled to Cancun Mexico this past Sept. Airport was super easy with the kdis.
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I’ve never had to travel by air with kids and I’m rather glad of that — not so much because of the security issues but because I think having Mac (my son) on a plane for any length of time would be a form of abuse for both me and the other passengers 🙂 We tend to drive everywhere since we can’t afford to fly anyway 🙂
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