One of the things I see a lot with people who have a fear of flying is their failure to give up control when they fly. They worry so much about so little such as what "if's" that they don't see real risk in everyday things that we give up control to like the medical health system. For instance, NY City came up with a report today in the NY Post that shows in New YorkCity alone that thier were 300 malpractice deaths. Take that number in contrast to the fact that their were no US Major Airline & Regional Airline accident deaths at all last year in 2007. I always advocated that passengers with a fear of flying must learn to be better passengers by giving up control. You will learn to control your fear & overcome fear of flying if you learn to trust the industry. Too many people are fixated on F-E-A-R which I describe as ancroynm F=force E=evidence A= appearing R=real. Basically what this means is stop giving credit to something thats not real such an over hype fear of flying when its not justified. If you don't fear going to the doctor,or taking an elevator, traveling by boat, etc, then you are giving more hype to your fear then you should. Overcoming fear of flying is more about mind over matter. You must have a strong desire & motivation to.