I've flown 20 or more times, so I feel confident and relaxed when I take a flight now, but de first times I was always nervous and tense, and I suffered a pain in my ears.
I usually fly for holidays, I've flown only a couple of times for work.
I think, but I'm not sure, that the last flight I've taken was to France, for a week trip during the last year summer holidays.
Once we, my wife and me, were delayed for hours at Madrid Barajas airport.
Finally the flight didn't take off and the air travel company take us to our destiny by bus.
We arrived about 18 hours later.
That was an exhausting experience!
I have never missed a flight, but once at Mexico we were near to.
We went to sleep quite late and we had to take our flight soon in the morning.
We waked up late and it was thanks to the taxi driver, fast and kind, that we get on time to the airport.
That was, by the way, my only long haul flight so long, and I discovered that I manage prety well with jet lag.
I was only a bit tired the morning we arrived, and that was all.