Strake as a business Man do you believe everything you read in the papers? Fly Virgin to Tokyo, try it for yourself. Unfortunately we don't have the opportunity to entertain you in the flight deck anymore, maybe if we could we could remove some of the pre concieved ideas that exist on either side of this debate.
Also food for thought, the reason Aviation is still a safe way to travel may just have something to do with those people who's wages you pay. engineers, cabin crew, ground staff, flight crew, air traffic controllers, all of whom work excemptionally hard to ensure you get home safely.