"Gerald Sylvester" wrote in message
news | I recently got my PPL and find that most people are scared sh*tless to
| go up. One friend came along and was just blown away and had a ton
| of fun. Just about everyone else is "oh my god, I am so scared
| of airplanes."

That is just about typical. The way to deal with this, of course, is to kill
your friends. That way they cannot spread the fear of airplanes to others.
It is the merciful thing to do.

Or you could take up those few friends who are willing and let them talk up
the experience to the cowards.