I am an Old member of this board. I've actually come SOOOOO far just from reading and watching videos and talking. I flew to Hawaii in April,. Tampa in
March, Miami in August. My Hawaii trip was 12 hours one way, 18 hours the way back (including layovers) So- what brings me here today. For some reason, I am
FREAKING out about my flight. I have NO idea where this is coming from. I think it's the "flying over the ocean" thing. I think the Air France
crash triggered something in my head. Not knowing exactly what caused the crash, the what if's, the maybe's, etc. I flew 12 hours to Hawaii, why am I
sweating this trip? My question for you guyss is - IN the U.S we have radar etc. When we flew to Hawaii, the channel where the pilot talks was silent until we
got closer to the Island. Where is the radar over the ocean, who is telling pilots where to look out for what? Also, I'm flying at night, and I have a fear
that the pilots are up in the cockpit bored. I mean, it's night out- what the heck are they staring at? A big black oasis of NOTHING over the ocean. How do
they not get bored
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Flying today to Italy...from Boston
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I am sure one of the pilots on here will correct me if I am wrong, but every time I have flown to or from Europe recently and in the past, they fly from Boston
over Maine and Nova Scotia, and the part over the ocean is quite minimal. It is basically the 2-2 1/2 hours between Nova Scotia and Iceland. So it is an up and
over route. Knowing that it was not the entire time over the ocean, really helped me for some reason. But, I too was not thrilled about the part over the
ocean.
And, I used to think this was because of wind patterns, but I feel like I read somewhere on here, that the reason is that depending on the size of plane, they are required to stay a certain distance from the land. And, there was an example of a plane that basically glided to the Azores after some sort of malfunction. In my head it helped to know, that if a plane can glide to the Azores, then it can glide to Iceland or from Iceland to Shannon in Ireland (the next stop over). I have to honestly say, that you should be so proud of your trip to Hawaii. Italy will be a piece of cake next to that. It is a much shorter flight, and a lot less of it is over the ocean, because once you hit Ireland, you are over land for most of the rest of the trip. The flight from Cali to Hawaii is basically all over ocean! Personally, I would have been so much more worried about the Pacific than the Atlantic. So, just remind yourself that if you could handle the 18 hour flight, you can handle an 8 hour flight to Italy. |
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