I am not afraid of flying. In the olden days, it was actually enjoyable. Now, with the security theater at the airports, and the overly cramped seating and lack of service, it is not so enjoyable.
But flying is still safer than riding in a car or taking a train (which is safer than riding in a car). You really should try to get over your fear of flying. You would be safer flying places than traveling other ways, and it tends to be faster as well, though they waste more time at airports than they used to, so it is not as fast as it used to be.
The reason plane crashes make news is because they are relatively rare and a lot of people die at once. On TV news, they don't bother reporting every car death in the world, as that would take way too much time and usually only a few people die per accident, making the stories not newsworthy. But a lot more people die per mile in car accidents than in plane accidents, so you would be safer flying.
But flying is still safer than riding in a car or taking a train (which is safer than riding in a car). You really should try to get over your fear of flying. You would be safer flying places than traveling other ways, and it tends to be faster as well, though they waste more time at airports than they used to, so it is not as fast as it used to be.
The reason plane crashes make news is because they are relatively rare and a lot of people die at once. On TV news, they don't bother reporting every car death in the world, as that would take way too much time and usually only a few people die per accident, making the stories not newsworthy. But a lot more people die per mile in car accidents than in plane accidents, so you would be safer flying.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
