The last time you were at the airport, you almost surely heard the expression, "Have a good flight." As I see it, there are three fundamental requirements for a "good flight": 1) safe take-off, 2) safe landing and 3) no unexpected activities in between. What I know about flying a commercial aircraft could fit neatly on the head of a pin with room to spare, but I understand the gravity of the situation when a 737 leaves the ground. And yet, traveling by air is incredibly safe in the U.S., in no small part thanks to a group of NASA employees who developed and continue to run the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS).
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