I always plan on a one-way trip even if it doesn't turn out that way, and I miraculously wind up landing the sortie. I find that keeping a mindset where I expect to die removes stress, makes things fun, and means that surviving to land after killing plenty of bad guys becomes so much sweeter. It also means that I'll fly just as aggressively with one kill as with 15 kills since it's all the same to me. The fight is what matters.
-- Todd/Leviathn