I fly about once a year; and don't particularly

[pointblank]

like it, but I tolerate it for the most part fairly well.

But, DAMN, I'm starting to get nervous...I fly from STL to San Francisco on American Airlines in a month!

:scared:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26036902/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26040095/

[proud patriot]

1. I fly from the Bay Area to Florida this month

x(

[cboy4]

2. You'll be fine. Just keep reminding yourself:

On any given day, more than 87,000 flights are in the skies in the United States. Only one-third are commercial carriers, like American, United or Southwest.

http://www.natca.org/mediacenter/bythenumbers.msp

And how many times does something go wrong? Think of the odds!

And if you want to check the frequency yourself, here's the daily database:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/month.asp

[SheilaT]

3. Incidents like that happen

pretty much every single day. Somewhere a plane aborts a landing or a take-off or something else a little hinky happens. They are almost never reported, except when it's a slow news day or some other airline incident has recently occurred.

I'd always been convinced of the safety of airline travel. Some years back (before 9/11 even) I was in a hotel overlooking the St. Louis airport, and my room was on the airport side. For hours and hours every day I watched planes take off and land, totally without incident, and that was one airport for only about two or three days. Car travel should only be so safe.

[isentropic]

4. It's still a lot safer than the drive to the airport.

I fly every day. :D

[pointblank]

5. You are all right..logically I know

I guess thats why they define phobias as an irrational fear.

I'll make, if I don't you won't hear from me again. ;-)

Thanks for the support.