As promised before, I am bringing an update on the thoughts of three of the players who had never flown before. I spoke to the girls and the following is an overview of their comments.
Almost to a letter, they all stated that their teammates had told them horrible stories of plane travel. All were told that they would crash and die in a fiery accident, that the landing gear would not work properly or that the wings would fall off. One was even told that because of the Orange security alert, each passenger would have to be strip searched before being allowed entry onto the plane. These fears were brought up on numerous occasions over the last week.
The fears that these three experienced were mostly due to the harassing comments from their teammates. This was compounded by the fact that one of the first timers sat next to the one player who absolutely hates flying the most. A little turbulence, a friend’s teddy bear, and a challenging seating arrangement made for an interesting trip, but all in all, all three of the first time fliers are excited about flying home and cannot wait until they get the chance.