How safe is flying?

I'll admit it. I'm pretty damn terrified of being 30000 feet in the air with no control and the ever present possibility of terrorism. With that being said, I'm flying Monday morning. Anyone care to throw out any facts/figures to calm my nerves? TIA

 

From anxieties.com:

 

I find the loss of control to be somewhat more relaxing...there's not a damn thing I can do about it, so being alert to it or worried about it means nothing (unlike driving in my car where the caution can help - or hurt, I suppose). I used to think about it the first few times I flew, but the lack of being able to do anything about it just helped me let it go. Honestly, I now sleep pretty much the entire time..including landings and takeoffs. I really should make myself wake up and be more alert so I can act in case something does go wrong...but the damn things just put me to sleep.

 

That's true. I've flown once before but we were on a smaller Continental plane. Now we're flying on a Delta Airbus. Don't know if that should make me feel better or worse

 

just make sure you know where all the Arabs are, that's what i do. especially after 9/11 when we would fly to games the team would know where every towel head was on the plane

 

Did you include Sikh's in that towel-head count, or just the slightly-less brown ones? I mean, who knows what they're hiding in that turban...

 

Anyone have a review of flying on Delta Airlines?

 

don't act like i'm the only one who did that after 9/11

 

Worse than crashing is the disgusting air quality on those things. That may have been updated and improved since last I checked, but the circulation in those things is terrible.

 

It was less about the being cautious and more about dropping the towel-head comment.

 

didn't know this was serious

 

everyone profiled, and a lot of people still do. can't blame them

 

It usually isn't...

...and it doesn't have to be here. I just took that to be a reasonably serious comment. If not, then I retract....

 

I think outside of Southwest or Frontier, they are all equally different forms of mediocre.

 

Every major airline in the US sucks, Delta included, American and United the most.

 

Also, flying is safe, and drinking helps.

 

Noted

 

As one who some experience in single engine aircraft, and absolutely loves to fly. Yes, flying is very safe.

Airline travel is literally safer than the drive to the airport.

 

There are some on this forum that I am sure fly 4 or more times a year. They're still kicking.