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After the tube-bombings in London a friend's mom offered to buy him a car so he didn't have to get the tube and risk being blown up. Ha. He refused (mostly to
by pre 13y ago
After the tube-bombings in London a friend's mom offered to buy him a car so he didn't have to get the tube and risk being blown up.
Ha.
He refused (mostly to spare her the cost I think) while pointing out that would have been a good way to increase the chances of him dying while traveling.
- bloat 13y agoI am (irrationally) afraid of flying, but I try and counteract it by telling myself, when I get out of the car at the airport, "Phew, that's the dangerous part of the journey over with."
- mhb 13y agoThat depends on how far you drive to the airport versus how far your plane trip is.
- netrus 13y agoI'd guess the distance of the flight is not that important, because risk is mostly constant (one take off, one landing). If you can choose to drive instead of to fly, however...
- cjrp 13y agoIn fact, shorter flights may carry more risk with the regional pilots that operate them typically having less flying experience and a higher likelihood of suffering from fatigue.
- peferron 13y agoAnother mind trick is to tell yourself a few minutes after takeoff that you're now very safe for the entire journey until the landing.
- tedunangst 13y agoNot sure. Of the four recent crashes that come to mind, two involved landing or takeoff (sfo crash, ny plane that landed in Hudson). Casualties were minimal. The other two (French flight from brazil, upstate ny crash) basically fell out of the sky mid flight. Everybody died.
- cjrp 13y agoNot to be a pedant, but the Colgan flight (Buffalo) was on final approach so I'd still consider it landing.
- coob 13y agoAnd if he weren't killed travelling he'd be stuck in traffic for 6 hours a day. London traffic.