For Commercial aviation, I just read a Harvard report that the odds of a plane crashing are 1 in 1.2 million. Another report says that to be involved in a plane crash and die you would have to fly everyday of the year for 22,000 years. Those are excellent odds.

I grew up in planes , fear never entered my mind. I loved it. I miss flight every day.

No fear after 2018 Alaskan bear hunt

I can do it if I have to, but I'd rather stay on the ground.

I’ve been on some military aircraft that really made me wonder at what mental facility did they find the pilots?!?!
But like we used to say, “But did you die?”
As I’ve gotten older, to fly for 3 hrs and be hunting on the afternoon of the morning you left vs driving 20hrs and be hunting the next day…I really love flying, lol!

The only time I ever feared flying was on Alaska bear hunts.

Yes. Also hated tree stands. Ground for me. At least I know why but a a long story when I was a kid

I don't fear flying but I have gotten to where I don't much like to fly in commercial aircraft anymore just because of how people act these days.

Hahaha

7 different planes I took

No, but I think the airline companies put out that report !

Crashing yes, flying not so much.

not afraid but hate it.
All the b.s., stand in the TSA lines, arrive early, check in bags that get lost, delays, cancelled flights, tight cramped space with stinky obnoxious people, kids who don't know how to behave, karens etc etc etc.

I fly frequently. Have for 45 years. Have a battery-operated CPAP to enable me to sleep on long flights? Will be flying to Viet Nam in March for three weeks of site seeing. No problem. I never liked circling over Lake Michigan in the 70s. Been on a few scary flights when things went wrong.

I've been on a couple scary commercial flights, one in Alaska and one in northern Thailand, lots of sketchy supercub and other light aircraft flights, but crashes in light aircraft are generally survivable; except for mid-air collisions, those generally don't end well.
I just figure if I didn't fly I wouldn't be able to do what I like to do; so I fly and don't think about it.

I flew on planes as kid, back when you got a meal on every flight, and it was considered "high class". I refuse to fly on a plane now and drive everywhere instead when possible.

I love flying. I got my private pilot's license while in college, went into USAF shortly after. I quit counting flight time after 10,000 hours. I love the feeling of being able to smoothly maneuver in 3 dimensions. My favorite type of flying is formation. I love the feeling that comes with proficiency, where you feel like you're wearing the aircraft rather than sitting in it. I could go on and on...

But I hate flying on the airlines! Big cities, rat-race terminals, TSA, sandwiched in back between fat/smelly/gassy/coughing/rude/sick/loud people. I don't want to ride in any aircraft I ain't flying myself.

Certainly, there is risk in flying. Lots of trial, error, and innovation has gone into making it safer, and it is safer, but not completely safe. These I consider the most dangerous aspects of flying, whether private, commercial or military (combat excluded).

#1 getting smeared by a drunk/distracted/high/aggressive/texting driver on your way to/from the airfield
#2 an unseen, unknown mechanic incorrectly reinstalls/reassembles some critical part on the aircraft that then fails at the worst possible time.

I occasionally jump seat on Alaska Airlines, and have had many interesting chats with crew members. They appreciate polite, well-dressed, groomed passengers too.

No, I'm sitting at O hare airport heading for Cancun right now. I love being able to go somewhere in a few hours vs driving and taking up a day or more of my vacation.

I don't like height, but strangely enough I never had a fear of flying.

So sitting here at gate L9 and just had a mouse run by. I guess their rodent control isn't very good.