"It wasn't really as dangerous as it sounds, " says Ms. Sinberg, who manages risk and insurance for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, owners of the Hard Rock Cafe chain.
By heading off the next generation of controlled weapons, the freeze would do much to dispel that dangerous belief....Sounds like good arms control to me.
Another cause of the condition is the perception of a non-dangerous event -- such as turbulence or normal sounds that planes make -- as being an actual threat to one's safety.