lablover; I would like to commend you on your attitude, sorry for the loss of your plane, Im verly new to this myself, haven't had a midair, yet, but I''m sure there's one in my future sometime, I was told by many experienced pilots to look at midairs the same as any crash, nobody wants a midair anymore than they want a crash, its part of flying, only real way to prevent them is to fly alone and for alot of people, including myself, that's just too boring and as Daddyo said, the odds are now in your favor