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I've flown everything from private jets to airliners across the globe and logged thousands of hours in the sky. In all those years, I met the same passenger again and again — white knuckles on the armrest, convinced every bump was the end.
It didn't have to be that way. Most fear comes from not knowing what's happening — and almost everything that feels scary from seat 22F is completely normal from where I sit. So I started writing it all down: the plain-English truth about turbulence, safety, decisions, and the incredible machine you're strapped into.
Fly safe — Pilot Nick ✈
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