Originally Posted by
TBoneF15
From a dude who's been there...
2) you are worried about puking. I'm not kidding. I've seen more dudes puke in jets because they thought they would than any other reason. If you get it into your mind that you might feel sick, you will. You will subconsciously be looking for any little hint that you feel sick, then your mind will run with it until you are.
Good luck
ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!!! I flew an air ambulance for 6-7 years in south Texas. We rarely got over 7000 ft, and in the summer the bumps were everywhere! The only pax that ever got sick were the ones who KNEW they would get sick. I tried hard to stop the nurses from giving the ride along (patient's next of kin) barf bags: they were the only ones who ever got sick. It probably didn't help that the nurses so eager to give out the bags were afraid of flying themselves.
My experience is not getting sick in the air; it's getting sick on the GROUND! Back in the CFI days, 8 hours of pattern work, bounced by the students and the air, and 90-100 degrees in the cabin, would wear me out. But it wasn't until I got home and went to bed that the world started spinning.