Not quite aviophobia but there's still no love...

Phew. The chance of multiple engine failure on a plane is next to none. And here I thought it was at least a 20 percent chance. Anyways, for those that have little love for flying, the New York Times put out a great article today about the Fear of Flying. While I’ll freely admit that I’d rather take a fishing trawler to South America rather than flying, I am not nearly as bad as the people described in the article. While a lot of people will poke fun at my fear, my traumatic experience on an American Eagle flight from Bradley CT to Kennedy NY during an ice storm scared the living hell out of me when I was a 10 year old kid. A few years later, another instance in the Pacific when the plane hit wind shear and did what felt like a 6 mile nose dive rather firmed up my belief that flying is for people other than myself. Despite my anxiety, I’ll get on a plane as I know it is more practical as well as safer than driving (unless you are driving with me) or taking the fishing trawler I mentioned earlier. Besides, I landed on a glacier uphill out in the middle of nowhere in a small plane that ended up getting stuck in the snow and we had to push it out. I can fly anywhere now without fear – right??