Later this week, I am flying off on business.
And two weeks later, another flight.
I do not know how many people I’ve heard at my office say something like, “I’m not flying. It’s way too scary. Why take the risk? Who knows what might happen?”
Who indeed?
Well, according to the US Department of Transportation, in 1999, United Airlines alone had 776,815 scheduled flights take off. United Airlines alone carried 80,283,411 passengers.
Those odds are so long as to be meaningless. I mean, that’s lightning strike odds. Getting run over by an ice cream truck odds. Being mistaken for some pin-up and stalked and axe-murdered odds.
Like I said, I’m more worried about whether I can carry enough books to last me through the security checkpoints. Really.