Planes are not as thrilling to me (and far, far more dangerous) than trains.
[size=8pt]Because on a train, if it derails, you at least know there's a chance you can escape (survival of the fittest) since more than likely you're near the ground; maybe only a couple feet or so at best.
As a hacker, the first thing on my mind when my foot hits the plane, aside from the fact of all the money I've already wasted on every trivial matter (money that I'd still have on me if this were a couple decades ago) usually is the realisation that I'm going to be held captive in a little steel tube floating thousands of feet above the ground. There are machines operating that can and likely will go wrong at some point. When you're in a little steel tube floating thousands of feet above the ground, you know that when that thing goes down, you're going down with it. At least being on a failling airplane does give you time to consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given the circumstance seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.