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Julian.F
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So I'm leaving for Windells Friday morning. My flight is at 6:45 a.m. I'm flying Southwest Airlines (never have before) and I have a connecting flight in Denver. I usually fly Delta which uses larger planes and doesn't usually have connections. My problem is air sickness (turbulence). Southwest uses small commuter planes for connecting flights which turbulence affects more than larger commercial jets. To get to the point, I get sick real easily on bumpy flights and was wondering if any of you guys have advice or tips that could help. +k to good responses. Sorry for the long explanation. Thanks.
Jul 3 2012 11:41PM
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GORILLA.
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try some gravol dawwwg.

or smoke some chron before you get on the plane.

or try to sleeeep.

-GORILLA, OUT.
Jul 3 2012 11:42PM
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Tamas
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Gotta give you vibes man. When ever I've flown southwest they have been god awful. (I usually fly American. my brother worked for them.) but you could always sleep. that uaually helps. have fun at camp too.
Jul 3 2012 11:45PM
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deleted5
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Go to the doctor say you have food poisoning. You'll get zyprophalin(sp?) it's proscription anti vomiting
Jul 3 2012 11:47PM
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corona
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ginger. it helps a lot for sea sickness, so I'd imagine the same for air sickness. bring some candied ginger or something like that to chew on.
Jul 3 2012 11:48PM
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Julian.F
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ive tried this and it hasnt worked for me. anyone have experience flying SW?
Jul 3 2012 11:49PM
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ZAHNER
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your going to loose your skis.
Jul 3 2012 11:52PM
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skiminnesota
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unless youre flying direct from ATL, MSP, JFK, or other large Delta hubs into PDX. The SW planes will the same caliber of planes you would get on Delta.

Airbus A320 on DL, or Boeing 737 on SW. different shit same pile.

good luck man, hopefully it goes well, but the planes wont be small on SW. if anything they may be bigger than a DL counterpart.
Jul 3 2012 11:57PM
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Julian.F
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i could care less haha. carrying my boots on
Jul 3 2012 11:57PM
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cwphoto
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get really really high before the flight. it could be incredibly awesome and would make a pretty good story/claim
Jul 4 2012 12:01AM
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fujarome
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everything he says is true.


If you haven't been via atlanta to get anywhere, you haven't flown delta much. You could be flying from atlanta to chicago, and on delta, the flight would probably have you landing back in atlanta at least once.

And Southwest planes are going to be just as large as anything you've probably flown with AA or DL or really any of the mainline carriers.

If you've been fine in the past, i think you'll be fine again. Good luck, have a good flight.

(I always feel stupid saying having a good flight to a passenger...i mean, what is anyone in the back of the plane capable of doing to make sure it's good?)
Jul 4 2012 12:40AM
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fujarome
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everything he says is true.


If you haven't been via atlanta to get anywhere, you haven't flown delta much. You could be flying from atlanta to chicago, and on delta, the flight would probably have you landing back in atlanta at least once.

And Southwest planes are going to be just as large as anything you've probably flown with AA or DL or really any of the mainline carriers.

If you've been fine in the past, i think you'll be fine again. Good luck, have a good flight.

(I always feel stupid saying having a good flight to a passenger...i mean, what is anyone in the back of the plane capable of doing to make sure it's good?)
Jul 4 2012 12:41AM
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whoa-dere
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no not air sickness, you get SICK AIRNESS. five miles up in the sky while poppin bottlez (cans), how boss is that. anyways im about to board a flight to hong kong myself, stoked. gonna watch movies the whole way
Jul 4 2012 12:52AM
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Parks.
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There's some over the counter medication for motion sickness I believe. You could try that?
Jul 4 2012 12:59AM
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e_strapp
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It's a conspiracy
Jul 4 2012 2:01AM
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Ciara
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I fly a lot and I somehow always manage to sit beside people who are afraid of flying, turbulence isn't really all that dangerous, it's more the taking off and landing.

Drink some alcohol and sleep it out :)
Jul 4 2012 2:08AM
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DERS.
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southwest's entire fleet are 737's. ya dumbass
Jul 4 2012 2:11AM
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Julian.F
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It's not me being afraid of planes it's me getting sick from bumpy rides.
Jul 4 2012 10:17AM
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2_fadez
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tell your doctor and he will give you this little patch that you put behind your ear that looks like a bandaid. it is used to prevent sea sickness and air sickness, and is non-drowsy
It is starting to be one of the more popular forms of preventing that type of sickness
Jul 4 2012 10:20AM
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Julian.F
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Will do thanks!
Jul 4 2012 10:24AM
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7springsprod
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Large planes are just susceptible to turbulence as small planes. You might get the airsickness from some sort of claustrophobia due to being constricted. And plus, a 737-800 (Southwest) is NOT a small OR a commuter plane.
Jul 4 2012 10:47AM
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little1337
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I do, its not as bad as you would think... Just bring an Ipod and download the white noise machine sounds.
Jul 4 2012 10:53AM
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Tinga
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if your flight is so early in the morning just stay up a little later so you can easily sleep on the plane.
Jul 4 2012 10:59AM
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Julian.F
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Dont get this. I fly out of Detroit Metro and go to Cali at least three times a year as well as Boston and Texas a few times. I've never flown anything besides Delta.
Jul 4 2012 11:43AM
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7springsprod
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Delta has a bigass hub in Atlanta that typically if you are flying to alot of cities to the east of the mississippi, yoh go through Atlanta. But Delta also has a vrry large hub in Detroit. Due to that, youve never had to fly through Atlanta.
Jul 4 2012 12:06PM
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Julian.F
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thanks for clarifying
Jul 4 2012 12:07PM
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