Emotionally, statistically and instinctually, I feel (and am) safer in an just about any airplane than in the back of a taxi.

Number of times I felt like my life was in peril on an airplane: 1.

Number of times I felt like my life was in peril (seriously) in a NYC taxi: COUNTLESS.

I'm glad UA is being proactive, but why is it that stories like this rock people to their core, when every single night driving home from work, one hears on the traffic report about a fatal car wreck, and that has no more effect on us than the news that the Dow dropped six points in light trading (unless, of course, the wreck makes us late for dinner)??????