What is the importance of the title, Fear of Flying?

The title, Fear of Flying, works on several levels. Isadora is literally afraid of flying — afraid of losing control, of trusting her life to others, of technology as an intellectual construct she cannot understand and thus must take on faith. But the fear of flying is also a fear of risk, of telling the truth, of venturing into paths that are not clearly marked. Oppression can provide both security and freedom; so long as one blames others (parents, husbands, lovers, the social system) one can be comforted by anger and by lacking the power to change.