Originally Posted by catocony
...Thus, while blowing up an airport would be bad, it's a building on the ground and you can control whether you enter that building or not. People put it in the back of their heads and go on. Flying? You have the fear of not being in control, the fear of falling, fear of tightly enclosed spaces, for many people this is incredibly powerful...
I understand what you're saying and you're making a very coherent argument.
Only, isn't it easier to control yourself from boarding an airplane if this was the underlying cause? I'm sure the opportunity (and therefore the chance to control the need) to enter a building occurs so many more times than that to board an aircraft.
