"You pick a funny thread to jump into and disparage flying in aircraft that many of us own."
Me thinks some don't quite "get it" about flyers.
"The airplane is just a bunch of sticks and wires and cloth, a tool for learning about the sky and about what kind of person I am, when I fly. An airplane stand for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. Those things aren't destructible." -Richard Bach 'Nothing by Chance' 1963
http://www.onesixright.com/video/aerials.html
I have the DVD 16R and LOVE it!
Have you seen the whole thing?