Re: Does the crash affect your feelings about travel?

All,

This is to follow the thread that got started about our feelings towards travel in light of this and other fatal air events that are all over the news this year, it seems. Now, we all have this vague idea that air travel is thousands of times safer than the freeway, but I was wondering if there has been some kind of comprehensive odds analysis done recently?

The reason I'm asking is this: I don't know about you all, but sometimes my family doesn't like the idea that I have to fly every week for work... being part of the New Economy will do that to you. When we get around to talking about flying (which I love), the question always comes up of "aren't you ever scared?" ... it would be nice to have a list of mathematical, factual, professionally done, possibly even humurous (you're more likely to die of a heart attack with your pants down around your ankles when they find you than you are to die in a plane crash... ) Has anyone ever seen, created, downloaded, or had a link to a list or report of this nature?

I personally think it would be a great tool to put my family's minds at ease, and it would also be useful when you're discussing occupations in a group and say "yeah, I commute from Chicago to San Francisco every week" and get those "are you nuts to fly that much?!" stares...

any help at all would be appreciated...



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