Some Statistics

No fatalities on US carriers in 5 of 6 years (2007-2012)USA Today (1/24/2010)/Associated Press (1/1/2012),

 

Airline flight 22X safer than car travel per mile in industrialized countries (http://www.airlinesafety.com/faq/FearFlying.htm), 

 

Airline safety has improved in every subsequent decade over the past 50 years.