The Data is in

      To use a steveninsm, "Americans agree".  Over the past 10 days Americans have voted about there fear of flying.  Statisticians have "massaged the numbers".  After a 5 tailed double blind study involving actual Americans. We can say our data is statistically significant and Americans are a afraid to fly.  I am glad I am not alone.  And now on to more pressing bloginess(Tm).

AIRLINES COME-UPINS

I would just like to go on record one more time. Air travel is not as safe as we think it is. Not that I don't trust the science; I Don't trust Science in the hands of capitalism. (I probably came to this paradigm by working in health care)

What a surprise, NASA is withholding/delaying the release of an airline safety report.

here is my favorite quote.
According to a report out of Washington, NASA wants to avoid telling you about how unsafe you are when you fly. According to the article, when an $8.5M safety study of about 24,000 pilots indicated an alarming number of near collisions and runway incidents, NASA refused to release the results. The article quotes one congressman as saying 'There is a faint odor about it all.' A friend of mine who is a general aviation pilot responded to the article by saying 'It's scary but no surprise to those of us who fly.'"

Near mid-air collisions? Twice as many bird hits? people say to me all the time "When was the last time you heard of an airplane crash? oop here's one 2 months ago. so it didn't crash but whats the difference really? The luck of a sober pilot?
When I walk down the Jetway, When I am about to set foot on "The beast" I always think about my mortality. I may not be outwardly fearful of getting on the plane. I don't usually think "today is the day I die" no no no.. but I do consider my mortality. I consider the risk.
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