Originally Posted by soggyboxers
There's no point in worrying about it as it will either happen or not. Some die young, some die old, some in their beds asleep and some in their cockpits screaming I think (though I may be wrong) that my chances of shuffling off this mortal coil in a car accident are more than dying in a flying accident, but that doesn't stop me from driving anywhere.
After 42 years of driving aircraft, I still find it faintly amusing that whenever I mention using my motorbike the inevitable reaction is "do you have a death wish"