Yes I acknowledge this. But I also retain control to the very last moment. I don't have to bank on the driver of my vehicle not being suicidal. If I feel another driver is dangerous, I can just stop. This obviously doesnt prevent all accidents but I've never been in a serious one.
That being said ive flown plenty of times. My fear comes from lacking any control and just finding out mid-flight were going down through no fault of my own. I wouldn't want to know, but then again air France 447 is terrifying too.
You still have to rely on other drivers not being actually suicidal. Just to give one terrifying example scenario: you will pass hundreds, if not thousands of other drivers driving in the opposite direction in the course of a long journey. Any motorist driving in the opposing lane has the ability to engage other drivers in a head-on collision at any time by making a relatively trivial maneuver. Given human reaction times, and the very high closing velocity of such a collision, you ability to avoid this would seem to be non-existent. You certainly couldn't "just stop" to prevent it.
Your choice but safer to fly than drive the same journey. Commercial airliners anyway.
Yes I acknowledge this. But I also retain control to the very last moment. I don't have to bank on the driver of my vehicle not being suicidal. If I feel another driver is dangerous, I can just stop. This obviously doesnt prevent all accidents but I've never been in a serious one.
That being said ive flown plenty of times. My fear comes from lacking any control and just finding out mid-flight were going down through no fault of my own. I wouldn't want to know, but then again air France 447 is terrifying too.
You still have to rely on other drivers not being actually suicidal. Just to give one terrifying example scenario: you will pass hundreds, if not thousands of other drivers driving in the opposite direction in the course of a long journey. Any motorist driving in the opposing lane has the ability to engage other drivers in a head-on collision at any time by making a relatively trivial maneuver. Given human reaction times, and the very high closing velocity of such a collision, you ability to avoid this would seem to be non-existent. You certainly couldn't "just stop" to prevent it.