I know several friends who refuse to travel by plane. A few are just namby-pambies afraid of their own shadow and anything that says Boo! But more than one is rough and tough and someone whom you would never expect to be afraid of anything. I remember famed football legend John Madden was among the non-flyers and he traveled by bus across the country to work as a commentator of football games. He was a huge man, tougher than nails, and former NFL legend who knocked people around for a living but would not step on a plane . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/04/slippery-slope/