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You might be confounding "how many people avoided airplanes", WRT a gambit that was successful for only a few hours (Flight 93), vs. "how many people now avoid

• freehunter 12y ago
  I'm not sure what you're trying to say. My point was, flying is safer and avoiding flying leads to more deaths from traffic accidents, which are way more common. The coworker is more likely to have her entire family killed getting to Disney by car than by plane, especially from ebola. People don't always make rational decisions, and sometimes that can cost a dear price.
  • hga 12y ago
    One of the things I'm saying is that many people don't view physical safety as the end and and be all by which they guide their lives. What you view as not being a "rational decision" may instead be the reflection of a different value system.
    • freehunter 12y ago
      Okay, I understand. Thanks for clarifying. You're probably right, a lot of people do want to avoid going through the TSA lines, as evidenced by the Wikipedia article about the TSA that I linked to. However, the person I was replying to said their coworker was driving to avoid ebola, which indicates that they're not avoiding planes due to dislike of the TSA, but rather to increase their personal safety. Which could end up backfiring, because the chances of being in a serious car accident are much higher than being in a serious airplane incident of any kind. I get what you're saying, though.