I just read that some airline flights have more cancellations than passengers. Have we become such a bunch of whiney self-centered wimps that we're afraid to fly?

What has happened to the thousands of US flights taking off since the Iraq war? Nothing! And even if one gets (god forbid) blown out of the sky, getting on a plane the next day will still be vastly a more safer venture than getting in your car to go to drive across town!