I have direct experience of curing this fear and highly recommend the method: I took flying lessons. I was afraid of mechanical failure, weather, random noise

I have direct experience of curing this fear and highly recommend the method: I took flying lessons. I was afraid of mechanical failure, weather, random noises, people errors, generally the unknown. The moment I was in charge of the plane I realised how just damn safe these things are. I cannot describe it. It requires an immense amount of effort to encourage a plane to land - they want to fly!! You just need to try it yourself and then take off and landing will become moments of great fun. A tip about turbulence: think of a speed boat. It skips across the water but has no risk of sinking or failing. The boat is built for that action. But you notice a lot how heavy it bumps over the water, it's forceful. But then realise, how much distance the boat is actually jumping around - only a few inches! And so is a plane! It just feels like so much more because of the speed and size of the craft. But it the same principle as a speedboat on water.