The pleasures of flight

I had a bumpy flight to Brussels this week on this rather small plane. I've always been a very confident flyer, even relishing a bout of turbulence now and then as welcome seconds of excitement amidst hours of flight monotony. But since flying weekly with Ryan Air and experiencing one ferociously bumpy landing to many (not to mention having to don my oxygen mask on one flight due to smoke in the cabin), I have become rather nervous in the air. The bumps on this propellor driven baby didn't help!