Comments on: How Safe Is It To Fly On Discount Airlines? http://www.holidays-reviews.com/how-safe-is-it-to-fly-on-discount-airlines/ Holidays - Reviews of our holidays plus maps of all the places we've visited Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Capt Tom Bunn LCSW http://www.holidays-reviews.com/how-safe-is-it-to-fly-on-discount-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Capt Tom Bunn LCSW Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:48:56 +0000 http://www.holidays-reviews.com/how-safe-is-it-to-fly-on-discount-airlines/#comment-422 In the past few years, the airlines have gone from one accident per million flights to one accident per five million flights. But if it were one accident in fifty-million flights, anxiety would still be a problem. The problem is the image of that "one" lingers in the mind and presents the question, "Is that going to be MY flight?" Most people handle this pretty well, but not everyone. There is a lot of good information on beating fear of flying in the free library at www.fearofflying.com/wordpress/ In the past few years, the airlines have gone from one accident per million flights to one accident per five million flights.

But if it were one accident in fifty-million flights, anxiety would still be a problem.

The problem is the image of that “one” lingers in the mind and presents the question, “Is that going to be MY flight?”

Most people handle this pretty well, but not everyone. There is a lot of good information on beating fear of flying in the free library at http://www.fearofflying.com/wordpress/

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