Originally Posted by
Superguy
"Found this article interesting today on MSN:
Got a Fear of Flying? Discover the Real Odds of a Travel Accident
Interesting stats. It goes on to talk about pilot error, bird strikes, and health concerns. Of course, terrorism wasn't mentioned nor were mechanical failures. Still with the 9/11 incidents factored into the above stats, it still shows how safe air travel is.
8 million to 1 odds and up to 21k years before being in a crash? I'll take those odds. Now only if TSA would ... 
The "threats" they protect against have a lot lower odds."
I watched a TV program years ago called, Living With The Odds, which was hosted by a comedian, and the program detailed the odds of dying from many different causes. Airplane crashes were described as low probability, high consequence events. So, while your average statistical odds of dying from an airplane crash are indeed low, if you are unlucky enough to be that 1 in 8M ratio, the probability of you dying is high. Terrorism incidents have increased the odds of an airplane crash, IMO, despite terrorism incidents also being low probability events. I certainly would not want to go back to the days when the FAA was "protecting" us. Safety and the FAA are mutually exclusive.