Turbulence — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Every frequent flyer shares a nightmare -- trapped inside a plane in trouble. The key? Don't think about it. Until you sit next to the wrong woman on the wrong flight on the wrong day…

“‘Turbulence' by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is a brief, but effective [story] about a frequent flier that winds up with the wrong woman sitting next to him on a plane. A nice little tale but not one you want to be thinking about the next time you fly.”
-- SFRevu