Breathe some air for a safe travel

Most people have a fear of heights. This is a reasonable survival trait! However, when coupled with extreme media coverage of disasters, this can lead to very debilitating fear of flying. Furthermore, for many people, not having any control of the plane makes the fear worse. This is not unlike how one usually worries more as a passenger in a car than as a driver of a car. This is not necessarily a rational fear, if looked at in the context of all possible hazards.

Flying can cause headaches for many, between the new air travel rules, the delays and changes to flight schedules and the extraordinary amount of time that is simply spent waiting. The good news is that there are a number of air travel tips that can help make this leg of your vacation almost as relaxing and enjoyable as the rest.

So, even if airplanes flew like bricks, the plane would cover quite a few horizontal miles were it to fall. But planes are not bricks, they are sideways sails. This made me understand at a very visceral level just how safe air travel is.