Rick Springfield‘s acquired “Communicate to the Sky” on repeat currently … chatting with TMZ about all of the wild aircraft scares happening not too long ago — together with that Delta jet that flipped the other way up this week.

The rock icon was at LAX Thursday once we caught up with him — and he tells us the Delta scare’s a bit freaky since he flies with ’em on a regular basis. However hey, he says the probabilities of that taking place are like getting zapped by lightning — so no must stress!

Catch the clip ‘trigger Rick spills on the one scary aircraft experience he did have — however he says that’s the deal while you’re flying excessive and gotta hand over the controls.

Rick makes it clear he’s clocked method too many miles over his profession to let these latest scares rattle him — and yeah, the dude completely stored it cool as a cucumber whereas chatting with us in regards to the subject