The inflation adjusted price of air travel has fallen sharply over the last 30 years.
In addition, deaths per plane mile flown have fallen incredibly over the last 100 years. Read Nancy Rose's JEP paper.
Yes, the plane is packed. Yes, there are strange people sitting next to you but you will get to where you are going at a "bus like" price. Read the constitution, the founding fathers did not guarantee this right. Capitalism supplies this.