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@hellomiakoda oh, you're in the USA. Right, perfectly understandable.

Aside from that, I found that the more I learned about airplanes the less scared of them I became. What really did it for me was learning that - at the worst case - if all the engines go out then you have a glider, and can still safely land. And that pilots must learn to do that as part of qualifying.

Funnily enough, I have found the opposite with helicopters: the more I learn about them the more scared of them I become!

...anyway, that's just me, phobias aren't rational things anyway, and in any case I think your fears about US ATC are well-founded :/