well they say it is the safest way to travel because planes crash a lot less than cars, trains, or boats. for every plane that crashes, there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of cars that crash.

Oh, just fly. The only problem now is the airlines make it inconvenient. Do you realize that you have heard or read about every single flight crash in the US? Even little piper cub crashes are reported. It IS safe. And while certain crashes kill everyone, a lot don't. Fly.

Every few seconds a plane lands and takes off somewhere in the world. There is little chance you will die in a plane crash. However, if you look at the fatalities associated with people who choose to drive there, the statistics are way higher in ragard to autombile accident and death.

I am scared to fly also, but you will not die unless God says it is your time.

Using that logic you should move into a bomb shelter and never leave. On average, thousands more die in car crashes per year than in airplanes.

Flying _is_ the safest form of transport. But statistics don't really help the scared. Nor do they answer your question. The scaring thing about flying is lack of control: The fact that you will have no chance of saving yourself should the plane snap in half mid-air. But think about it: As a train, bus or car passenger, what are you actually going to do as your vehicle skates off the rails or into the opposite highway lane? Ironically, driving your own car (and thus having some chance of saving yourself) is by far the most dangerous form of travel. I believe we tend to forget all the dangerous situations that other people may bring upon us - whatever the vehicle: In a plane our lives are in the hands off a few highly trained professionals. On a highway we rely on the fact that the hundreds of other drivers also wish to arrive home in one piece, and that they accept that this requires them to drive sensibly. I hope you do decide to fly, but you will probably still be afraid. It might make you more comfortable to know that the vast majority of serious plane accidents happen on the ground, while taxiing. So you may try to focus your fear to the minutes on the ground and enjoy the time in the air. Even plane crashes tend to happen on the ground, making the whole situation a bit more familiar to the imagination. You might enjoy the opening scene of "Homo Faber": A plane is crashing, the ultimate engineer-type of guy is sitting calmly calculating his survival chances. Having decided that his death is nearly certain, he sees no need to fasten the seat belt, brace himself, or indeed worry too much. (The rest of the novel then goes on to describe how a series of unlikely but destiny-like coincidences slowly destroys this man's conception of the world and of life.) Personally I find comfort in good calculations. It's a decent trick to make knowledge a substitute for real control. Most things can be calculated, and calculations tend to predict the world well, yet most people don't find such calculations to be very meaningful. It's philosophical choice, but I just cant help think that the world will still be roughly the same no matter what you choose to think. One thing is for sure, repetition makes the fear go away. Enjoy your flight, and life..