Millions of people travel through an airline on a daily basis. The reason vary: Some for luxury (vacations), others chose to fly because it is a daily routine, while others fly for the sole purpose of business. For example, each year thousands of pilots, flight crew, and businessman make a living by flying. The "Average Joe" on the other hand is forced to fly, but not because of economical gain but rather because it is the fastest means by which to get to a certain destination, if not the only way to get there.
             Whatever the case maybe, flying has always been considered a risk and a major fear in the minds of many citizens around the globe. But more so than ever Americans will think that flying is dangerous because that horrible scene of the jets slamming into the World Trade Center is now permanently sketched in our minds. Yet if we are going to be frightened of such random acts of terror - that have minute statistical probabilities of occurring - then are we also going to fear entering tall buildings (probably), going to a shopping mall, a football stadium, a bus, Disney World? Are we going to fear sending our kids to school? The truth is that yes we probably are scared of all those things. At one point I was also subject to such fears until I decided to face the truth. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the reasons why we as Americans along with citizens from all around the globe should feel safe to fly and why we should not become subject to the terrorist's will. To live in such terror is to...well, allow the terrorists to accomplish their objective: to defeat capitalism by bringing American commerce to a standstill.
             With so many causes of death out there flying should be the least of our worries, but for some reason it's not. Flying is a lot safer than most Americans think. Statistically speaking, commercial airplane crashes - whether caused by bad whether, pilot error, air-traffic mistakes, or even ...