The Link Between Love and Plane Crashes
Nov 12th, 2009 | Author: The Fly Guy | Category: Featured, Fly Perspectives
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I’ve been a little under the weather the past few days, so you’ll have to excuse me if my writing feels a little “dry.” It’s not that I’ve completely lost my sense of humor, but searching for the funny in life and in love gets to be tedious when you can’t breathe out of your left nostril. But that minor inconvenience aside, this time in bed has really given me an opportunity to reflect on my life, and to discover new ways to relate my experiences back to our constant exploration of love and relationships.
Take my job as a writer for instance. I’m not sure if I’ve ever explained this to you, but the main reason that posting occasionally gets slow is due to my alternate life as an entertainment editor. Each week brings new assignments, which in turn provides new reasons for me to bounce around from city to city ……. (Now that I think about it, that’s probably why I’m sick in the first place.)
So I was in New York last week, and casually fell into an interesting conversation with an airline pilot. I began to tell her about how I practically live on airplanes, but that I’m still not entirely comfortable with the takeoff. She laughed and replied, “Well, you being uncomfortable is certainly understandable since that’s the most vulnerable part of the flight.”
Now maybe it’s the medicine that’s making me look too deeply into her words, but I think there’s something to be learned from this. Before a flight begins, there are a series of checks that must be done before the tower will clear the plane for takeoff. In the rare event that something is overlooked, disaster often occurs. Just Google “plane crashes” and I’m sure you’ll find that a large majority of those accidents happened shortly after takeoff. In the aftermath, investigators often determine that the plane was never fit for takeoff in the first place.
Now I know what you’re thinking … what in the world does that have to do with relationships?
Everything.
There are so many of us who jump into relationships that were never fit for takeoff. We’re just so anxious to be with someone, that we don’t do the proper spot checks to make sure that it’s even safe to embark on the journey. Then when the crash happens, we’re left with the same conclusion as those plane investigators: “This should have never been cleared for takeoff.”
Just look at the facts:
You already knew that he was no good.
You saw flashes of her bad attitude and selfishness on the first date.
You knew that you weren’t over your ex yet.
Should I continue?
In all honesty, we’ve probably all been guilty of occasionally ignoring the signs that were right in our face—the signs that said, “hey, you might want to keep this plane parked on the runway until the conditions get better.”
In the future, if we learn to trust air traffic control a little more—that would be our conscience—we may be able to avoid many of the same crashes that have plagued us in the past.
Make sense?
I hope so … I’m going back to bed.
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Great food for thought.. I was wondering what I’d have for dinner.
I loved this one… I gotta share it with a few friends because it helped me and I’m sure it will help them…Keep it up…
Very thought provoking! You write as well sick as you do healthy lol it’s easy to get caught up in going somewhere than making sure you arrive to your destination safely. Get well soon.
Very Interesting! Do you have a girlfriend?
DAMN!!! That was on point. Most people do see the signs but ignore them… Then we later wonder why the relationship crashed and burned. From now on, I will make sure to do a thorough inspection before “take off”
Only being able to breath outta one nostril is the WORST! LOL. Get better! ANd I agree, we gotta trust our instincts when we’re feeling the other person out.
good one! great point of view! wow! Thanks!
HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON! Thanks for putting the right words in my mouth. This is how I’m feeling…I’m quite not ready for take off yet!
“You saw flashes of her bad attitude and selfishness on the first date.” GUILTY!!! Well in my case it would be a “he” and I knew from the first date that it was nothing but a downward spiral! But nooooo…..like so many females I decided that there might be hope for a delayed departure…WRONG!
Loves it! But what if you’re always staying on the ground? Always prepairing for that take off? Will the plane ever be ready?