The moment you say “I do not fear death” is the moment you display fear of death, for the “I” is fear itself.
I am fear of death. More broadly, I am fear of the unknown.
Denial is the vital fact of us, but seeing the meaning of this in its totality is dissolving into Truth, which includes us.
I think of it every single painful second of takeoff. It nearly paralyzes me and when I hear the ding of the safe to move about I forget until the next time.