People have provided a lot of good practical advice, but sometimes when things get a little bumpy and I start feeling nervous, I will console myself with cold, hard facts.

Facts that might be helpful to the OP, like:

* QANTAS is one of the safest airlines in the world. They have been flying jet aircraft pretty much since they were invented, and they have never, ever, ever had so much as one accident-caused fatality on any of them. Just think about that...dozens if not hundreds of QANTAS jet flights a day for year after year, decade after decade and not a single, solitary crash victim. You have to like those odds.

* Air Canada is similarly safe. They fly in some of the harshest conditions anywhere, every single day... winter storms, ice, extreme heat, over the ocean, over mountains, you name it. And even still, it has literally been decades since they have had a fatality.

* From Time Magazine: "Statistical expert and MIT Professor Arnold Barnett told ABC News in 2011 the chance of being killed in an airplane disaster in the U.S. is 1 in 14 million — which means you could fly everyday for 38,000 years before dying in a fatal accident. Flying is also 23 times safer than driving, ABC News reports — about as dangerous as riding an elevator. "

The reality is that the hamburgers at the airport concession stands likely pose a far greater threat to your health and well-being than any amount of commercial flying.

And if this fails to provide comfort, I find some Crown Royal does the trick for me.

Bon voyage!