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A giant flying faraday cage.

Although doesn't lightning produce a pretty massive shockwave? I mean, thats what Thunder is right. I'm quite surprised planes are completely undamaged by it.

Despite my frequent flying, I am TERRIFIED of turbulence and any kind of shakiness whilst in the air. I get a massive fear-sweat response, cling to the bottom of my seat, and have been known to tear up a bit. (Btw, I'm about 6'6" and 280 lbs, grew up a little punchy, and lettered in three sports). I've been on flights where there was movie-style crazy turbulence for hours on end, during which I was sure I was going to die. I guess my fear is because I don't really understand the physics of flying or turbulence (or maybe because I understand them too well?). I have also been on numerous flights that have been struck by lightning. Some where the flash made it obvious that we'd been struck, and some where the captain came on to jokingly let us know because of how little effect it had on our flight. My understanding is that the risk of a lightning strike to a plane in flight is about the same as the static prick you get from a doorknob in a carpeted room. No biggie.

Now if someone could kindly explain why turbulence shouldn't make me terrified, I'd be deeply gratified.

Your odds of being in a crash are already 1 and 14 million. But, reason doesn't stop irrational fears, it hasn't stopped mine (I am also a white knuckle flyer). Also, weather doesn't bring down planes as much as CFIT does, in other words, turbulence isn't the problem, your pilot getting lost and ramming the plane into a mountain is a greater possibility. With todays weather monitoring EQ, though, very few flights go down to bad weather, which would be related directly to turbulence. Turbulence is to flight like pot holes to driving, of no real concern to your safety. I actually love planes, I just hate flying in them...an irony. I have also studied (in my own time) most all the air crashes in the history of manned flight. So once again, turbulence is the least of your worries on a plane, and the odds say you have a better risk of falling off a ladder and dying than in a plane crash. Hopefully that helps some for you, it doesn't for me!

>> ^RhesusMonk:

Despite my frequent flying, I am TERRIFIED of turbulence and any kind of shakiness whilst in the air. I get a massive fear-sweat response, cling to the bottom of my seat, and have been known to tear up a bit. (Btw, I'm about 6'6" and 280 lbs, grew up a little punchy, and lettered in three sports). I've been on flights where there was movie-style crazy turbulence for hours on end, during which I was sure I was going to die. I guess my fear is because I don't really understand the physics of flying or turbulence (or maybe because I understand them too well?). I have also been on numerous flights that have been struck by lightning. Some where the flash made it obvious that we'd been struck, and some where the captain came on to jokingly let us know because of how little effect it had on our flight. My understanding is that the risk of a lightning strike to a plane in flight is about the same as the static prick you get from a doorknob in a carpeted room. No biggie.
Now if someone could kindly explain why turbulence shouldn't make me terrified, I'd be deeply gratified.