I usually just answer.. "Always... and Thank You"..

BT

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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What's your response when you tell someone you're going flying and they
say "Be careful."?

I know the comment is well intended, but I've seen some of these people
drive (and eat), and trust me, my flying is far safer than what they do to
themselves on a daily basis.

Mostly, I say "Thank you.", but from time to time, I go into a sermon
about how flying is pretty safe IF you don't do stupid things like run out
of gas or fly in conditions beyond your abilities. Then I realize I
probably bored someone or came across too strong and revert back to "Thank
you".

And there are times I'm tempted to say "Naah, it would be the hilight of
my day to end up at the bottom a smoking hole in the airplane I built."