what really helped me was reading about how airplanes work. The technology was fascinating to me anyway, but once I found out how crazy redundant all the system

what really helped me was reading about how airplanes work. The technology was fascinating to me anyway, but once I found out how crazy redundant all the systems were I feel much safer than in a car. A car has redundant brake systems, but that's usually about it. Big commercial planes have 3-4 of nearly everything