Posts Tagged ‘fear of flying

Fear of flying is called Aviophobia, and millions of vacationers and business flyers who travel on commercial flights worldwide are affected by it, to a greater or lesser extent. Even though air travel is approximately thirty times safer than traveling by car, you hardly hear about people that have a fear of driving. Maybe television, radio, internet and print media contribute to this fear when they graphically cover commercial airline crashes and the large number of air passengers that are injured or perish.

The fear of flying is called Aviophobia. There are millions of vacationers and business people who travel on commercial air flights as well as potential flyers worldwide that suffer from it, to a greater or lesser extent. Even though air travel is about thirty times safer than traveling by car, you very rarely hear about people that have a fear of driving. Maybe the television, radio, internet and print media contributes to this fear when they graphically cover commercial airline crashes and the subsequent large number of air travelers that are injured or perish.

The fear of flying is one fear that almost everyone who has flown has experienced to some degree. For many, the experience is no more than a nuisance; a bit uncomfortable, but nothing to worry about.

Over 1 Billion people flew on commercial airplanes in the year 2000. There were over 18 Million flights and only 20 fatal accidents. Compare this with almost 42,000 traffic accidents in that same year, and you can see that airline travel is much safer than driving by car.

In the year 2000, over 1 Billion people flew on commercial airplanes. Over 18 Million flights resulted in only 20 fatal accidents. In the same year, there were over 41,000 traffic accidents. Clearly, it is logical to say that travel by plane is much safer than by car.