| There are a few fears in life that defy logic. Fear of | | | | troubles of deep vein thrombosis. |
| spiders may be one, fear of lifts is another, and | | | | The fact of the matter however, is that flying is |
| perhaps a fear of flying is another. Everyday, | | | | extremely safe. It is one of the wonders of technology |
| thousands of planes take off around the world, | | | | that air travel, with all the multitude of potential failures, |
| carrying millions of passengers safely to their | | | | keep delivering flight after flight, on time and without a |
| destination. Flying is one of the safest, if not the safest, | | | | hitch. In fact, in contrast to almost all other forms of |
| form of travel available. It is far safer than getting in | | | | travel, air travel is becoming safer and safer every |
| the car, yet over one third of the population still report | | | | year. |
| a fear of flying. | | | | The statistics speak for themselves. Do you know |
| People cite many concerns when they talk of their | | | | what the chances are of having a single fatality on a |
| fear of flying. Many report a lack of confidence in the | | | | flight? Well according to the BBC, it is 1 in 16 million. And |
| air traffic control system and fear that a simple | | | | in the vast majority of accidents where there are |
| mistake on the ground can lead to disaster in the air. | | | | fatalities, more than half of the other passengers |
| Then there are fears of faults with the plane itself. | | | | survive. What this means is that even if you defy all |
| Most people saw the pictures of the concord crash a | | | | the odds and are on one of the few unlucky flights |
| few years ago and when | | | | that does crash, you are still more likely to survive than |
| you’re sitting on an airplane, | | | | die in the accident. |
| a few feet from the massive jet engines humming | | | | However, there is one issue with air travel that the |
| steadily, it seems very hard to believe that nothing | | | | statistics don’t commend so |
| could go wrong with such a machine. In fact the very | | | | highly. Delays, lost luggage and missing flights are still |
| shape and appearance of airplanes does little to inspire | | | | frequent issues that plague passengers. Luckily, all of |
| confidence in passengers who already are having | | | | these can be covered for with some good, |
| doubts about the airworthiness of the plane. | | | | comprehensive travel insurance. |
| Then there are the reports and press attention of the | | | | |