I'm hoping to become an exchange student in Japan for the '10-'11 school year (senior year), and I'm making sure I have all bases covered early. I'm giving myself a year to become more proficient in Japanese and to learn the readings of at least a few hundred Kanji, so I can pass the proficiency test. I'm making sure to get a job and open a savings account in order to save the money for the program and airfare, etc., etc., etc. There is only one problem. The insanely long flight over.

Now, I'm assuming this flight will be very long, on the order of 10-12 hours, with possibly no stops anywhere once I get to the major hub in my area (O-Hare). Now, I'm scared of flying. If I could, I'd take a freakin' boat over there. But I can't. I'm piss scared of crashing and dying. Anyway, I'd like to know, is there any kind of food or drink (ruling out alcohol or Diphenhydramine (a.k.a. Unisom, Sominex, Benadryl, etc.), and illict drugs that I could not smuggle aboard a plane) that would knock me out for most of the flight. I'd surely like to be awake during take off and landing, but other than that, I want to be asleep. What can I do?

(And no, I am not hitting myself unconscious, huffing raid, screeeaaawing, molotoving everything (or anything, for that matter), etc. etc. I guess I shouldn't have fed the trolls... >_>)

Go to your doctor and tell him this, he'll give you some valium or xanax [no fear during takeoff]

Also what are the odds that the plane is gonna crash?

Draw things with big hair and big eyes, you japtard.

Snakes are comforting.

Go to your doctor and tell him this, he'll give you some valium or xanax [no fear during takeoff]

This. Maybe you can take some sleeping pills on board the flight, but I dunno how airport security or plane crews treat them.
Otherwise, eat a pot brownie, take a quick shower and have someone drive you to the airport, just try not to act too stoned though (which can be pretty hard with those fuckers).

Porn. Lots of porn.

Get high before you board the plane as long as your someone who doesn't get red eyes.

I'm hoping to become an exchange student in Japan for the '10-'11 school year (senior year), and I'm making sure I have all bases covered early. I'm giving myself a year to become more proficient in Japanese and to learn the readings of at least a few hundred Kanji, so I can pass the proficiency test. I'm making sure to get a job and open a savings account in order to save the money for the program and airfare, etc., etc., etc. There is only one problem. The insanely long flight over.

Now, I'm assuming this flight will be very long, on the order of 10-12 hours, with possibly no stops anywhere once I get to the major hub in my area (O-Hare). Now, I'm scared of flying. If I could, I'd take a freakin' boat over there. But I can't. I'm piss scared of crashing and dying. Anyway, I'd like to know, is there any kind of food or drink (ruling out alcohol or Diphenhydramine (a.k.a. Unisom, Sominex, Benadryl, etc.), and illict drugs that I could not smuggle aboard a plane) that would knock me out for most of the flight. I'd surely like to be awake during take off and landing, but other than that, I want to be asleep. What can I do?

(And no, I am not hitting myself unconscious, huffing raid, screeeaaawing, molotoving everything (or anything, for that matter), etc. etc. I guess I shouldn't have fed the trolls... >_>)

10-12 hours isn't long from where i live.

since Australia is so damn isolated, it takes you a good 5 hours of flying just to get out of the country..


anyway, the event that the plane goes down is quite rare.
flying is one of the safest types of transport available.

here

20 FACTS that Make Flying Ultra-Safe

* Airlines do not teach pilots to fly. All pilots have their commercial flying license before they are hired by an airline. They are at least 21 years of age, probably have a college education (most likely an advanced degree), in excellent health, perfect 20/20 vision, and accumulated more than 3,000 hours of flight time.
* Pilots are professionals. Pilots strive to give you (the passenger) the smoothest flight possible with little or no turbulence because that’s how they know they are doing a good job.
* Commercial pilots are boring people. Before Airlines hire a pilot, the pilot must take rigorous psychological tests to ensure he/she is a conservative person who is detailed oriented and takes little or no risks in life. Nice people, but boring :)
* Pilots often go a full career without ever experiencing an engine failure.
* Airplanes can fly safely to their destination if one engine fails. If flying on a two engine plane, one engine went out, the aircraft could fly with just one. In three engine planes, they could fly with just two. In four engine planes, they could fly with three.
* If all engines were to stop at cruising height (35,000 feet) an aircraft can glide for 30 minutes before it lands on the ground. With the ability to glide 120 miles because all the controls work as if the engines were still going.
* No flying bird can stop a jet engine. During the testing phase of jet engines, testers throw whole chickens through the jet engines to ensure they maintain full functionality.
* Jet engines cost an average of $11,000,000.
* Airplanes are built on the highest safety bidders. NASA Astronauts fly to space on a spacecraft that is built with equipment from the lowest price bidders, pilots and passengers fly on aircrafts that are built with equipment from the bidders with the highest level of safety.
* Brand new plane every 4 or 5 years. Because of rigorous maintenance of aircrafts, a typical American commercial aircraft will be completely overhauled every 4 or 5 years through repairs and maintenance.
* Back up, back up, back up. Every commercial airplane system is built with a primary, auxiliary, back-up, and emergency system (four systems) to ensure the safety of passengers.
* Most planes can land in 0/0 visibility (heavy fog) because a) most runways are equipped with an electronic glide slope b) pilots are trained to do so c) planes are equipped with low-visibility landing equipment.
* Ice is safe because of modern “deicing” practices a) new warm water and glycol deicing fluid used as of 1993 b) post-deicing, planes are coated with fluid to keep ice from forming c) the time between deicing and takeoff has been reduced.
* Our modern electronics and computers make 0/0 (fog, etc.) visibility landings possible.
* Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) is aboard every commercial airplane. If the plane is coming dangerously close to the ground, a female voice states “Pull up, pull” and warns the pilot.
* As a back up to air traffic control system, every commercial airplane has traffic and collision avoidance system (TCAS) to monitor and avoid airplanes in the vicinity of the aircraft.
* Weather radar is abroad every commercial airplane, and the pilots are trained on how to interpret the radar, so they can avoid thunderstorms and other potentially dangerous weather conditions.
* Lightning may strike an aircraft, but because the aircraft is not connected to the ground, the lightning simply “passes through” the aircraft leaving the passengers and aircraft completely safe.
* There is no such thing as an “air pocket”. An “air pocket” is a figment of the reporter’s mind. The term “air pocket” was coined during World War I by a journalist trying to describe air turbulence. There is no such thing.
* Aircrafts can survive the strongest air turbulence, even that of thunderstorms. Check out “Hurricane Hunters”, they chase and fly through hurricanes, and the aircraft stays completely intact.
* Aircrafts can fly through thunderstorms, but never do. Commercial aircrafts are designed to fly right through thunderstorms, of course this never happens because it is illegal for the pilots to do, so instead they fly as far around them as possible and are only allowed to come 20 miles from the core of the storm.
* Enough fuel. Aircrafts legally must have enough fuel on board to go to their destination, make a missed approach to land, fly to their most distant alternate landing, hold for 30 minutes and land with 10% of their en route fuel still in their tanks.
* Commercial aircrafts below 29,000 feet are required to be spaced 1,000 feet apart vertically and 3 to 20 miles apart horizontally.
* Commercial aircrafts above 29,000 feet are required to be spaced 2,000 feet apart vertically and 10 or more miles apart horizontally.
* A “near miss” is categorized as aircrafts which come within 1000 feet of each other. Are planes 900 feet apart in danger of colliding? No.
* Eastbound flight courses are on odd altitudes and westbound flights are on even altitudes. For example, if a westbound flight is flying at 26,000 feet, and an eastbound flight would be flying at 25,000 feet to maintain the minimal distance of 1,000 feet.
* No ditching. In the history of American commercial airlines in the jet age, no commercial airplane has ever “ditched” (landed in the water).
* All luggage for US domestic and international flights are x-rayed. Most international airports also perform a full search of your luggage.
* Almost every commercial airline airport in America is equipped with the latest CAT (x-ray) scanner and sophisticated image processing software to automatically screen checked baggage for explosives.
* If an x-rayed item is suspicious the security attendant quickly swipes a cloth over the device and places the cloth on the sniffer. The “chemical sniffer” analyzes the cloth for any trace residue of the types of chemicals used to make bombs.
* Just a month after the 9/11 attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was formed to as part of the Department of Homeland Security to prevent attacks on airports or aircraft.
* Most commercial airline airports have doubled and tripled their security measures preventing people to enter their premises with better fences and security patrols.
* Post 9/11, the airline pilots are locked into the cockpit and cannot open the door for anyone.
* According to the NY Times, of the 760 million passengers who flew on commercial airlines from the United States in all of 2006, 760 million passengers flew and lived with a zero fatality rate. Get it... flying is safe! :)

on long flights like that they show alot of movies. Meals between those movies. And once you get over to Europe you can drink alcohol at 18, but don't know what the rules are since its still going to be an American flight and you are not technically in Europe until you get off the plane. Get a laptop, ipod, and sit right next to the isle if possible, fuck the view, isle seats get all the freedom they want.

take shrooms before getting your boarding pass at the terminal, they will kick in by the time you are on the flight?

that'd be amazing, especially since I have never shroomed.

Grow a pair.

Go to your doctor and tell him this, he'll give you some valium or xanax [no fear during takeoff]

Also what are the odds that the plane is gonna crash?

I guess. But it's not about the taking off and such. It's about sleeping through the damn flight. I don't want to go bored and stir crazy on a long ass airplane flight, crammed into economy class. Just ain't happening. I'm fine with takeoff, it thrills me. And so does landing. But the flights going to get extremely boring, for 10 hrs, trying to sleep in uncomfortable seats. I don't know how some people can stand it. And all you can see below you for miles and miles is the fucking ocean. Not good. I'd likely go stir crazy. And Unisom/Sominex may make me sleep through landing (which could end *very* badly), or I'd wake up completely groggy and not be in a good state of mind when I first meet my family. Perhaps if I took enough Xanax, combined with some wine from friends in the airport, I remember my mom giving me that once before flying to Florida. I could just kind of dope myself to sleep (?).

Draw things with big hair and big eyes, you japtard.

Whatever, dude. I've heard so much of that it doesn't even bother me anymore. You fail.

Valium.

valium.

mdma :D

You should ride a pterodactyl to japan

You should ride a gundam to japan

Fix'd :rolleyes:

Fix'd :rolleyes:

You idiot, how is he gonna get a gundam before he goes to Japan?

Alcohol usually helps me for 5 hour flights I usually catch every 6 months. Sydney - Perth is a long flight, and a few drinks and codeine helps me sleep.

that'd be amazing, especially since I have never shroomed.

Yeah lol, it would be amazing. Amazing for me to watch the news story about how a transatlantic flight had to make an emergency landing because some lunatic was crying, screaming that he was dying, throwing things, and demanding that he be let off the plane.

All your base are belong to us?

You idiot, how is he gonna get a gundam before he goes to Japan?

With the power of imagination!!!

I have a pretty good fear of heights, but the two times I've been on a plane, I just looked out the window and watched with fascination as we took off and landed. Looking down on the country was like a live map or google earth thing, heh. I dunno, I liked it.

Plane crashes are stupid things to be afraid of. Are you deathly afraid of car crashes? I mean, shit will happen and you can only do so much to prevent it. Doesn't mean we should seal ourselves up in a padded room. Get on the damn plane, it'll be over before you know it. Take some sleeping pills and sleep the whole time.

Whatever you do, don't bring snakes....

With the power of imagination!!!

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Get high before you board the plane as long as your someone who doesn't get red eyes.

It's an airport. Like half of the people there'll have red eyes from the sleep deprivation of travelling long distances :D

If you can get your hands on it I'd just pop a xanax right when you get on, it'll cure your anxiety and you'll sleep for at least the majority of the ride.

iPod Nano load it with mp3's and movies.

Just remember that no matter how many comforting facts and stories you hear there is always a chance that YOUR flight WILL have total engine failure, run out of fuel and have to crash land in a body of water. Probability saves the day!

Enjoy your flight.

Also be sure to watch Final Destination before leaving for the airport. And always remember, 9/11.

Adderall XR, and a pen and a notebook. You will write/draw the best you ever have.

Well, songs and videos only get me so far. I could just bring my damn computer and iPod, but they have limited battery lives (my piece of shit laptop's battery lasts for 1.5 hrs (only 4 cells), the iPod 20-30 hours when listening to music, depending on the volume level). I don't know. I can't exactly get on the airplane too drunk, know what I mean? (It takes a few minutes for alcohol to hit your system, but if I'm to show up nice and early, it's going to hit me before I get on the damn plane.) Like I said before, I'm going to have a hell of a time getting drugs on the plane, and I don't want to end up like Harold and Kumar in Gitmo sucking Big Bob's dick. And no, I will not shove them in my spitcher.

Not to mention I have difficulties sleeping much longer than 7-8 hours, even when severely tired at night.

A pterodactyl, XD. I think we're seeing a whole new generation of TOTSE memes evolve, folks.

Adderall XR, and a pen and a notebook. You will write/draw the best you ever have.



Fuck that, Adderall on a long plane ride? Screw that.

Fuck that, Adderall on a long plane ride? Screw that.

If you have an outlet for your energy (pen and paper) you'll create some cool stuff, plus time goes FAST on adderall.

get some percocet or oxycontin, preferably oxy cause it lasts longer

you'll feel great

grow some nuts.


seriously man stop being so irrational.


thats what women are for.

I say you plot a terrorist attack.


9/11 ftw

How has nobody mentioned Zolpidem yet? Take 3 of them, you'll trip out for like an hour and then sleep for a good 14 or so.

I say you plot a terrorist attack.


9/11 ftw

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XDDD! Is that Will Smith? Oh God, that's hilarious.