I feel better already. Redcliff asks me what I think about when I'm flying. Redcliff fights back with reality. You need to remind yourself how many times the parts of a plane are checked and serviced. If a mistake is made, there's someone else there to catch it.
Pilots fly almost every day and have actually gotten pretty good at it.
I tell her I also think about all the newspaper accounts of plane crashes, which I never fail to read with great morbid curiosity. You can either get to where you're going a nervous wreck, or you can get there and enjoy your flight a little. If you're going to crash, you're going to crash. While I'm contemplating that comforting thought, Redcliff suggests that when the plane takes off, I should listen to calming music. If possible, I should chat with my seatmates to distract myself.