Help with flying

I don’t understand why lots of emojis went in this initially so I’ve tried to post again!  I’m after some advice. I’m taking my 15 year old son to Edinburgh later in the year. We’ve never been in a position where we could fly before. I want to take him abroad in a couple of years andthought a short flight this year will help. I wondered if anyone knows where I could access a flight video taken from the point of view of the passenger? He understands about flying and wants to d it, I know he will struggle with the noise and wondered if he has a sense of what happens on take off he’ll manage much better. I have of course looked myself but all I can find is from the perspctive of flying the plain or tiny snapshots. If anyone has any ideas for me I’d be very grateful

Eddie214 said:

I know he will struggle with the noise

Take some industrial strength ear defenders to use during take off and landing would be my recommendation. Also sitting towards the front of the engines will reduce the noise a bit.

Once over the loud part of taking off and reaching altitude then you can switch to noise cancelling headphones so you can talk. Take some sweets (hard candies/mints perhaps) to help him with "popping" his ears with the depresssurisation and again with pressurising nearer landing. Keeping the jaw moving helps with this discomfort.

It will help to treat it as an exciting adventure - be positive about it all and show you are looking forward to it and hopefully the positivity will be catching.

A window seat can keep him in contact with what is going on and he can watch the scenery if he wants to be distracted.

On the whole flying is pretty boring though so make sure he has plenty of short term focus things such as a comic / puzzle book / portable gaming console etc to give him an option to withdraw if he needs to.

At this age I think it helps to ask him what he would like to do more - give him more agency to think as an adult and take control over what he will do but be there to help him with suggestions if he is unsure.

Eddie214 said:

I know he will struggle with the noise

Take some industrial strength ear defenders to use during take off and landing would be my recommendation. Also sitting towards the front of the engines will reduce the noise a bit.

Once over the loud part of taking off and reaching altitude then you can switch to noise cancelling headphones so you can talk. Take some sweets (hard candies/mints perhaps) to help him with "popping" his ears with the depresssurisation and again with pressurising nearer landing. Keeping the jaw moving helps with this discomfort.

It will help to treat it as an exciting adventure - be positive about it all and show you are looking forward to it and hopefully the positivity will be catching.

A window seat can keep him in contact with what is going on and he can watch the scenery if he wants to be distracted.

On the whole flying is pretty boring though so make sure he has plenty of short term focus things such as a comic / puzzle book / portable gaming console etc to give him an option to withdraw if he needs to.

At this age I think it helps to ask him what he would like to do more - give him more agency to think as an adult and take control over what he will do but be there to help him with suggestions if he is unsure.