I never had a panic attack on a plane before but I still don't like flying very much. I was on a short domestic flight in East Malaysia in one of those small Fokker prop planes back in the early 90's when the pilot engaged the autopilot, went back into the cabin to read the paper. And in those days, you could see the pilot from where you were sitting. It wasn't really a case of panic, but I was growing every increasingly worried. Those were the cowboy days of flying for me.