Well, 3 737's were lost due to the rudder problem. I'd say that was pretty bad. US Air, Turkish and United.
Boeing fixed that, just as Airbus have fixed their A300 wing problem. The A320 crash at the airshow was pilot error.
I fly all the time, sometimes on dodgy airlines and airliners. Last year, I had a choice of flying a well known dangerous airline (Phuket Air) flying 35 year old Japanese built YS-11's, or a 3rd world nation's airline (Lao Airlines) on a dodgy ATR-72, or taking a bus for 18 hours.
I flew on the Lao Airline, since then, the airline flying the YS-11's stopped flying, and the planes were junked!
"Well, 3 737's were lost due to the rudder problem..."
I thought these were due to maintenance problems - at least one from Air Alaska was.
Sounds like you will be taking the bus next time? :)