Roland, hearing the man's comments, leans over and says "Don't worry, these things are perfectly safe. Well, relatively safe. They hardly ever crash. At least after they've taken off, though the landings can be touch-and-go. But there's no reason to worry. The weather's perfectly clear. Though I've heard that Bermuda can get terrible storms. But really, I don't think we have anything to worry about. Even if we do lose altitude, there'll be a soft water landing, nothing to worry about. The sharks hardly ever attack humans, I'm told. Well, not often. At least they usually wait until the people die of sunstroke."
Content that he has now terrified the man senseless, Roland resumes his conversation with the stewardess.