If your saying that people should be more responsible about paying attention to the safety demos and cards, then one would think media coverage of the air accidents would be a good thing, it will heighten public awareness of the real risks and things breaking, in order that they can act accordingly or in line with what crews expect of their passengers??
But it's the
way the media cover these events that tend to make passengers anxious.
Anything mechanical can fail. Many a/c systems are duplicated and even triplicated. Flying
is a bit "risky" just as travelling by car, boat or train carries risks. But the fact is that modern air travel is outstandingly safe. It's the over dramatisation of events such as this by the media and the "vox pox" interviews and/or comments by so-called "experts" which can make passengers fearful. Very rarely, if ever, do the media concentrate on the facts.