kimmij
I agree with everything that BRUpax has said. I too have been flying for over 40 years - with never an accident or incident. That is because flying is safe. My skill, and that of BRUpax, and all other pilots, comes from the precise training we all received.
Relax! Flying is safer now than it has ever been and we trust to God to there is not another terrible act like that of September 11th. I have to believe that complacency is being eradicated almost as I write.
Think too of being in a car! Think of being driven by a competent driver. You get from A to B safely from a combination of good driving and safe conduct. So it is with flying. Pilots wish YOU to get to your destination, because they want to get there too. They take no risks.
Take the advice from two old pilots, flying is safe.