It is pretty well known that back in 2008, Travis Barker was one of two survivors of a terrifying plane crash that took the lives of four people.
![Travis Barker, wearing a backward cap and white tank top, stands with visible tattoos on his neck, in front of a backdrop with music award symbols](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/26/15/asset/b9e3ba9e723b/sub-buzz-469-1719414070-1.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
In addition to the physical injuries, Travis’s mental health suffered from both the trauma of the crash and survivor’s guilt. At one point, he said that he had such bad PTSD he couldn’t even walk down the street if there was a plane in the sky, and he didn’t fly again for 13 years.
![Travis Barker looks upward, wearing a black beanie and a sleeveless black shirt, showcasing his heavily tattooed neck and arms](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/26/15/asset/ac02185dc99b/sub-buzz-459-1719414314-1.jpg?crop=2312%3A2786%3B0%2C612&downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
In August 2021, Travis credited his now-wife Kourtney Kardashian Barker with helping him overcome his fear when he shared a photo of them kissing in front of a private jet and wrote: “With you anything is possible.”
Since then, he has flown dozens of times, and he and Kourtney even got married abroad back in 2022.
However, in this week’s episode of The Kardashians, Kourtney revealed that Travis understandably still has some anxiety about flying as she explained why she wouldn’t be joining the family’s trip to Aspen.
In case you didn’t know, Kourtney and Travis welcomed their first child together, a son named Rocky, in November, and the trip was scheduled for January.
![Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker in the hospital with their son Rocky](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/26/15/asset/b9e3ba9e723b/sub-buzz-473-1719414594-1.png)
While Kourtney was invited to bring Rocky on the otherwise child-free getaway, she said that “protective” Travis wasn’t comfortable with them taking the two-hour flight without him.
![Travis Barker with this son Rocky](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/26/15/asset/995203b5b13b/sub-buzz-477-1719414644-1.png)
As Kris laughed, Kourtney pointedly added: “So I think he feels the same way about me getting on a plane without him… For the first flight.”
![Closeup of Kourtney Kardashian](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2024-06/26/15/asset/1fe7e56acec7/sub-buzz-483-1719414810-1.png)
In the end, Kris, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Corey Gamble went on the trip.
Interestingly, Kylie Jenner was also planning to go and even boarded the private jet that was flying the family there before panicking over the plane’s safety.
She ended up disembarking the aircraft shortly before take-off after being struck with crippling anxiety that something bad was going to happen.
Meanwhile, baby Rocky took his first flight with both Kourtney and Travis in February. They spent the month in Australia while Travis was touring the country with his band Blink-182.