So, my special lady friend wants to get me on a plane to the Carribean

[Rev Dave Man]

and that's cool, that's cool.  A week in St.Thomas sounds great. An all inclusive resort on white sandy beaches and cold beverages while doing little more than abiding is exactly what I need.  However...and this is a big one...I'm scared of flying.  Well, not so much flying as falling.  I don't like heights, I don't like to be off the ground very much and hurtling through the sky in an aluminum tube made with parts supplied by the lowest bidder terrifies me.  It's a real conundrum, a real uhhh...kind of...uhhh, you know what I'm trying to say here, uhhh. 

[Kanantus]

Maybe use a sleeping mask and some whale-songs or Credence or whatever you want to listen to while flying. A White Russian or two before take-off might also help. Other than that: just abide and say fuck it: that's your answer for everything.

[BikerDude]

They serve alcohol.
That can go a long way toward smoothing the turbulance.
Think of it as a flying limo.
Booze and movies.

[Rev Dave Man]

that is the usual recipe.  lots of booze and perhaps a valium each way.  The problem is the anxiety leading up to the flight.  I get very anxious leading up to it and when I am at the destination I get anxiety thinking about the flight home.  I need to find a way to relieve the pre and post anxiety.  We'll see...it's all a matter of mind over matter, I guess.

[jgiffin]

In addition to the foregoing advice, just recognize you're playing the odds. You're less likely to die in a plane crash than to be sodomized by a pack of rabid pandas. Well, fine, I made up that statistical comparison but you get the point. It ain't gonna happen. Go, have fun, and report back with details, man.

[BikerDude]

I've heard that you literally are as likely to die in a plane crash as you are to be mauled by 2 different Grizzly Bears on the same day.
Of course as we know, sometimes you do eat the bear and sometimes.....
That's not helping.