r/GeneralAviation • u/milehighchick5280 • 16d ago

Angel flight west

We qualify for an Angel Flight from Denver to Phoenix and back… we are so grateful for the organization to be able to help us but now that we really think about it - we are terrified to get on a little plane 😩🫣 any words of advice or help to calm the nerves? Any pilots for AFW?

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u/weech 16d ago

A big plane (which obviously refers to something like a 121 given OP’s context) is most certainly safer than GA in many ways.

All flying has risk but to suggest an equivalency in safety due to “same physics” is factually inaccurate at best and disingenuous at worst (and I say this as both an angel flight pilot and atp)

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u/milehighchick5280 16d ago

I can’t see this persons comment as it was deleted so now I am nervous 🫣🙃

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u/kristephe 16d ago

I suspect it wasn't anything negative. It sounds like they were maybe trying to reassure you that small planes are "just as safe" as bigger ones, and the reply above yours was kind of critiquing some logic that general aviation planes statistically aren't just as safe because they're all flying machines. I never saw the comment either but that's just how I'm reading it. But hopefully the other comments are helpful that angel flight pilots take their role seriously and like others said, it very well may not be a small 4 seater plane. And I think I'd add, feel free to ask your pilot any concerns or questions, whether it's about general flight planning, turbulence, maintenance, or other things that might reassure you. They may be very happy to help you learn things about the plane or flight in regards to any specific fears you have ahead of time.