Look, it's as simple as this: NEVER will flying in a plane be 100% safe. There will always be a super slim chance of you dying. Always. But there is also the super slim chance of you dying from walking down the stairs to go outside, etc, etc. Basically, the fact that you're elevated 30,000 feet in the air simply escalates people's views of danger. Flying is incredibly safe. Far more safe than riding on a train, yet you wouldn't be nearly as scared if you were on a train were you? I think it simply comes down to people's biological fear of falling. Even though planes are incredibly safe, the 1 in a million chance that you end up falling 30,000 feet to your death is just too horrific for some people to deal with. And I don't think there's anything unrational about that.
-Ugly Bastard
[ April 28, 2005, 02:28 PM: Message edited by: Ugly Bastard ]
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