Eight million miles with commercial airlines, three really memorable incidents in more than 40 years. I continue to fly and enjoy it in spite of a very very few scary times.

Honestly, how many times would you have a near miss in an automobile or other scary situation in the same period of time? The ratio of bad experiences like these to all my trips is incredibly small. Notice that this thread is not 500 posts long, as there are not all that many incidents in total in spite of the many thousands of flights each month. Take your flight and enjoy it!