The best part of the flight for me is when I hear the announcement from the Pilot for cabin and crew to begin preparations for landing. I just feel a massive sense of relief at that point because I know we’re about to land and i honestly don’t care how bumpy the landing is lol.
I’m flying on a couple days and I’m terrified of flying. I’ve flown before but this will be my first time flying alone.. and I’m 33.. This video is the BEST I’ve seen on RU-vid. You speak calmly and softly and it has made me feel so much better and eased my anxiety big time.
@@mieshamccray560 If you haven’t flown yet or are still afraid and want the perspective of someone who works on the aircraft as part of the ground crew then I’m happy to help explain the sheer amount of effort, care and dedication that goes into even the most routine of flights to make them as safe as possible if you think it might help.
When you are nervous, your senses become heightened. Since an aircraft is a large machine it makes big noises anytime something moves. Sometimes knowing what those sounds are and recognizing that is exactly how they should be sounding can make you less startled.
What bothers me is that sinking feeling right after takeoff accompanied by reduced engine noise. Sometimes it feels like the engines are going to quit at a critical phase of the flight. I understand the primary cause for this is that jet engines need to be spooled back a few minutes after a full power takeoff to allow them to cool off before resuming a climb out to cruise altitude.
this happens when the flaps are retracted shortly after take-off, nothing to worry about. You can look out the window next time and be prepared so it doesn't come as a surprise :)
I know exactly that "sinking feeling" you mean. It happens, when the climb rate is reduced "from high to zero" very fast (usually by the autopilot). At certain airports / departure routes, the plane needs to climb fast e.g. to avoid mountains, other aircraft etc. The pilots receive an altitude from ATC e.g. "climb to 10.000 feet". Once the plane has reached 10.000 ft, the autopilot will reduce engine power and climb rate. If the climb rate was previously high, and it is reduced fast, you will feel it in your gut. At certain airports / departure routes, the plane can climb more smoothly and you won't feel anything.
My fear of flying got me banned from going on any family vacation that requires us to fly. We flew to Yellowstone and I hated every minute of the flight. I hated the feeling of being trapped and every noise made me think that the plane was going to fall out of the sky. When it was time to fly back home I freaked out and refused to get on the plane with the rest of my family. I ended up getting a rental car to drive myself home... well I ended up wrecking the rental car and my parents had to fly out to visit me in the ICU. So now I miss out on everything because my fear of flying is so intense but recently I decided that I would try to overcome my fear of flying and this video helped so thank you!
As someone who flies not infrequently, knows what the noises are, and is a very nervous flier, this was very helpful. I have a flight to Japan in a little over a week and have been spending the past handful of days looking for videos and doing a lot of self talk surrounding my fear of flying.
You should have mentioned how when the flaps are retracted shortly after take-off, there is a brief "falling" feeling that comes a result of this. I have found that people who do not know much about aviation, get particularly worried when this happens
@@Jeff_1349 I’ve learned that this can’t happen, I’ve had the exact fear. If the plane runs out of gas, the engine fails, etc. The plane is still able to glide for a solid 30-60 minutes which gives you enough time for a landing at a nearby airport!
The falling sensation is just a sensory trick that results from the pilots reducing the amount of thrust now that they don’t need all of that power from takeoff or they have to slow down a bit once they’re suitably high enough from the ground to reduce noise for the people living below them near the airport’s benefit. It’s just a result of the liquid responsible for balance being sloshed around your inner ear.
I have been up in the air 10 times and have never looked out a window. I'm so fearful of flying I pretend to be on a train... the first time ever for me to continue watching out an airplane window. So glad I did not skip over this video & watched from start to finish. Thanks for a great video.
this was amazing! i’m an extremely anxious flyer and i felt like i was on a flight looking out the window and you were sitting next to me explaining everything that was going on. knowledge really is power. i’m way less nervous about flying now.
Thank you dear sire. I'm flying tommorow, high anxiety flier here. Your calm voice helps me so much! I'm crying from fear watching the whole routine and landing safely, hoping for a calm fly tommorow too - 16 hours in the air! I'll download this and rewind over and over, thankyou.
I’ve been flying so many times in my life that just by rewatching this video I realized I knew every single step by heart . I just always still find it scary and I hope this feeling will completely go away someday
Wow, reading the comments, I never realized how many people were so afraid of flying! I’ve been flying since before I was 2 years old, and on the whole I really enjoy and look forward to it. I like seeing the world from so high, and imagining people going about their day down there on the ground while we fly over their heads. I enjoy looking at the topsides of clouds and watching sunsets and sunrises from a different perspective. I even enjoy exploring airports - you can usually find lots of interesting things in them, if you look. It’s a little sad that some aren’t able to enjoy that because of their fear. Hopefully this video helped them! I’m just here out of curiosity: the noises didn’t worry me but I was curious for the explanation of what they mean. Thank you!
Thank you for the kind comment! More people are afraid of flying than maybe meets the eye. I remember reading a statistic that about 30% people would have fear of flying. Most of these people feel too embarrassed to talk about this. Hopefully we can make this less of a taboo. Believe it or not but the pilot who is making the commentary has fear of heights.
I’m flyin first time ever in 2 days from Dublin to New York, was never out of the country before, but Iv done a skydive at 13000ft 😂 I’m slightly nervous and glad I found this video just to know what to expect it has really helped
Honestly the thing that freaks me out the most is when the engines turn down after climbing because my hindbrain thinks the plane will fall out of the sky, but knowing that even if both engines sudddenly stopped the plane wouldn't drop out of the sky because it's going so fast has really helped. It would just glide and the pilots would have enough time to land the plane.
Frrrr and sometimes you can feel the airplane slow down in the air and i be like “holy fuck why are we stopping in the air we’re gonna fall” but then i realize I’m in a whole ass airplane
This is amazing!! I am terrified of flying, I had no choice to fly a lot in the late 80's early 90's, cried every time! I learnt all the noises, I knew if something didn't sound right! Moved back to UK from Spain in '93 so I'd never have to fly again. My Daughter won a trip on Concorde, aaahhh. scary but what an experience. That was April 2000 & I didn't fly again until 2018 & 19 only because I don't want to miss out on holidays with children/Grandchildren! Each time, I'm close to hysterics, feel all out of control & I don't know the 'noises' on a new plane so I'm hoping this helps :) I'm looking forward to watching more of your vids, especially any "fear of flying" ones. Thank you so much :)
Oooh there was a Concorde :) Do you mean at night the cabin lights are dimmed to give us better night vision or the pilots? I always thought it was a safety thing?
Hi Sarah. Thank you so much for your kind words. If you are interested we also have some audio files and training exercises designed to take control over your emotions and fear. We would be happy to share these with you if you are willing to try and get back flying with comfort? The dimming of the lights in the cabin at night time is a safety thing. If we did not do this there could be a safety hazard if you had to leave the plane (evacuation) and your eyes had not adjusted to low light. You could potentially be leaving the plane having a hard time to see in the dark. That is why the lights are dimmed. The pilots control their own lights in the flight deck but they also tend to adjust the lights down so they have the best possible night vision.
Thank you sooo much for posting this video. I haven't flown since I was a little girl in the 90s and I do remember being quite scared. Now that I'm an adult, I've got terrible anxiety and a flight in two days. I could practically feel the stress melting off of me while watching this video. 🥰
i used to have tons of anxiety while flying. i don't anymore but i loved this regardless because it gives me great joy to know what all the different sounds are!
Good video, but even watching this my anxiety started kicking in. I think it's the physical sensations that cause me the most issues... Any tips for that?
Pilots try as best they can to manage what may seem like unusual movements. Today's modern aircraft have the highest level of computer automation to minimize unusual or abrupt movements. This is light years of advancement in the last 20-30 years.
I'm so frightened of flying, I've done 4 return trips. Thank you so much for explaining all this, it really has helped. You have the most calming voice! Please can you come with me next time though just to make sure 🙂
Thank you! I get so very nervous during takeoff for some reason and this helped. Not sure it will stop me from being nervous but this info helps me rationalize better :)
The only thing that I noticed missing was using the spoilers to start slowing down the airplane before any flaps are extended. The spoilers do create some wing vibration and noise so it would have been good to also show that. Overall, I think this was very well done.
thank you so much for the video! I’m soon flying for the first time and I am really scared of it but this video honestly made me feel excited to try it out!
I took the flight - this video helped me tremendously. Rather than feeling fearful I was excited and it was awesome ! Thank you for explaining the noises!
Thank you for this video it’s incredibly settling to hear all those bumps and noises explained. I am flying from UK to Spain in August and even though it’s a short flight and I have flown plenty before, I have developed serious fear of flying In Recent years and every little bump and bang and ding has me terrified, so I will be watching and rewatching this on the lead up to flying day so I can get things clear in my head before take off. Thank you!
I fly every two years for 13-14 hours up in the sky hanging. But 6 years ago, I encountered a bad turbulence. Starting that time, I developed a severe anxiety and fear of flying. It’s so terrible specially I had to fly alone. I shook that whole time. I didn’t tell even to the person next to me. I almost collapse. But I had to deal with my fear. I was embarrassed that all were sleeping except me. Lol. Glad I survived. 😂 I still fly because I have to, but I swear, it so really hard to deal with fear and anxiety. Now I take pills and drink alcohol every time I fly. This video helps and other videos too, I know flying is still the safest, but to be honest,it’s hard to deal with fear.. “But oh well, if it’s our time, it’s our time!” That’s what I say to my self. I’ll leave my trust to the pilots. That’s all. Tomorrow I’m flying to Hawaii. I won’t sleep the whole night tonight, I’ll take melatonin and drink wine. Wish me luck! 😂
Thank you for the video! I didn't use to be a nervous flyer at all, but over the las couple of years in my mid-20's I have become more and more anxious every time I fly. Now I have just booked my first cross-continental flight in my adult life so I'm watching all these videos to calm myself even though it's still 7 months away haha! Side note, didn't expect this to be a flight from where I currently live to my home, when the pilot said "tervetuloa Helsinkiin" after the landing I got a bit teary eyed! I guess home sickness is kicking in after I've only been able to visit home for a couple of weeks in a year since covid..
I'm very grateful for stumbling across this clip. Flying in July and I'm petrified. I found your voice calming and reassuring and have saved this to play. Can you tell me which is the best seat to sit in. Flying to Switzerland direct. I'm really scared. Thankyou ❤❤
I just flew back LAX to FLL and apparently there was crazy wind from New Mexico all the way to Florida so basically 2 hours of bad turbulence. I fly a lot but just one turbulent flight makes me never want to fly again.
Thank you so much for posting this 😅 im so scared of flying that i started to get sweaty palms and a dry mouth watching the start of this video and im watching it from my bed 😂 but your walkthrough is excellent and ill keep it in mind when i fly.
Note: The sound of the hydraulics being powered on is something you can really only hear on Airbus planes. That “barking dog” noise is a hydraulic pump called the power transfer unit or PTU. Boeing planes have an entirely different hydraulic system, one that you can’t hear when it powers up
Frequent AND nervous flyer here. This video is great. I did wonder why there is that lack of engine noise and my first thought is “does anyone else know?!” haha. I also sometimes hear a high pitched noise in the cabin - I wonder what that could be?
Lack of engine noise: If the plane descends from a higher to a lower altitude, sometimes the engines are put on idle, to ensure the plane doesn't go too fast. This can happen before landing, or in the middle of the flight (altitude changes happen e.g. to avoid turbulences or other aircraft). High pitched noise: Can you describe it in more detail? When does it happen, and how exactly does it sound? It could be the flaps extended before landing.
Thanks for this great video. I am really afraid of flying and this video explains a lot of noises but also shows how normal flying is for you. Your calm presentation shows that there should be nothing to be afraid of. If wish my feelings could belive what my brains says... have to fly tomorrow. Curious to see how it will work out for me 🤘💪
8:43 - at this point, at the start of the runway takeoff after a full stop, you hear 2 types of spools. The 1st engine spool allows for something like a light thrust to allow the plane to start moving slowly - and then, seconds after that, the 2nd spool, much louder than that, thundery--that is the engine releasing full thrust to allow full power for the acceleration on the runway. The takeoff on the runway from slowing out on 1st spool then the first ascent out of the runway into the air usually takes between 15 to up to 25 seconds, I guess, depending on the length of the runway. A 4-engine jet would require a much more long runway to take off and more time to do it (I had been on an Air France flight with 4 engines at CDG when it took off from Chicago and saw this.)
Yes, I know that I'm 2 years late to this channel, but great content, Sadly I missed Concorde because of RU-vid's relentless adverts, but instead of Concorde I saw the adverts for Muller Light and internet's black sheep..... yes you know who.."Kayak" (remember the pop ups in the 90's from Kayak) Great Content and looking forward to watching more. Thank you
The only thing that gets me through a flight is the idea that if we do end up going down, my last minutes would be nothing but me shouting "I told you so!" to ever poor bastard in ear shot 😅
If sounds really invoke uncomfortable anxiety I would highly recommend wearing headphones if u got em (never during the flight attendants safety debriefings tho ofcourse.
Excellent video That was really nice quality and voiceover. I have a couple of questions: When do flights go on autopilot and stop the autopilot? Also a common noise that I hear near landing is when the wheels are opening (I think).
I was big time nervous about flying. And trust me. It is more fun than being scared. Just tell yourself you have a fix day to depart from this world. Enjoy
This must be the best video on this subject. However, when I fly, I always notice a lot of "drama" with the cabin crew. They whisper, close the curtains, and seem agitated. I guess that's just personal drama. But sometimes they speak in a telephone. Who are they talking to? The pilot? And what's the mid-flight dings?
Hi! Cabin crew here :) We usually close the curtains for privacy so we can work without having many eyes staring at us or sometimes is just that we are having a break. On the phones usually it's cabin crew talking to other cabin crew as most of the times the crew are either situated in the front or the back of the plane. This can be anything from agreeing crew meals, to agreeing the service or just changing information (For example one passenger being too toxicated or acting weird). Some occasions we also communicate with the pilots. This could be anything from us checkking in that they're still alive, to ask if they need anything or informing them that the crew is dealing with medical situation (this would trigger the pilots to start planning landing to nearest airport). So, rarely there's anything gossip going on the phones as anyone can pick it up and listen in. :) Hopefully this short explanation will give you some peace of mind.
