Flying gives me the willies, even though I have to do it a
lot for work. Having said that, the more you fly in a certain period of time, the less scary it gets.
Being afraid of hijacks or terrorist attacks is just plain silly.
1) the chances of it happening (to you) are so low as to be negligable.
2) by being scared (or "terrorized") you are succumbing to exactly what your enemies want.
It's
MUCH more appropriate to fear that the big metal bird will fall out of the sky...
Mr Mephisto