The Starmaker wrote:
airplanes...all they do is CRASH!

Usenet cross-posters ... all they do is TROLL!

Who knows how many airplanes crash a year..thousands.

The NTSB knows:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/Stats.htm

A total of 534 aviation fatalities in 2009 in the U.S.

By comparison, allegedly 450 deaths per year occurred in the U.S. due to
people falling out of bed:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/mo...-involving-bed
Possible supporting stats he
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nursing.htm

Another perspective: there were a total of 366 weather-caused deaths in
the U.S.:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats/sum09.pdf
General NOAA weather hazard stats page:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml

BOTTOM LINE:
You ain't safe in bed or outdoors - so may as well have some fun flying!