Do you like flying? Why/Why not?
What is the first flight you remember?
Which is your favourite airline? Why?
Check the meaning of the following words which will be in the discussion. Ask our teacher about any words you are not sure about
| jet lag | stow | stopover | overhead compartment | transit | safety demonstration | carry-on luggage / hand luggage | life jacket | excess luggage / baggage | oxygen mask | luggage / baggage claim / carousel | aisle seat | embarkation card | metal detector | goods to declare / nothing to declare | boarding pass |
1 Have you ever had jet lag? When? Where?
2 When did you last have a stopover somewhere?
3 Do you normally have direct flights or do you have to go in transit?
4 Do you normally have much carry-on luggage?
5 How can you identify your luggage when it is on the luggage carousel?
6 Do you find embarkation cards easy to fill out?
7 Have you ever declared any goods or do you normally have nothing to declare?
8 Is there enough room on a plane to stow your personal belongings, do you think?
9 Should overhead compartments be bigger?
10 Do you ever watch the safety demonstration?
11 Do you think it would be easy to put on the life jacket and oxygen mask?
12 Do you prefer window or aisle seats?
13 Has a metal detector ever gone off when you have walked through it?
14 Do you find boarding passes easy to read?
Please feel free to ask your teacher the same question or anything else you want to about flying.