Airplanes And Assorted Associated Aspects

Special thanks to Arlee Bird for creating the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. This is gonna be great :)

Since I'm hanging out in an airport with an hour to kill, I thought airplanes would be fun to think about. First off, airplanes are scary--but I'm not actually scared of them (I've flown too many times for that to be a fear of mine). But they're scary because you're relying on so much technology to keep you up in the air and, if any of it fails, you're pretty much sunk. Maybe you have a skilled pilot who can land you safely but then you're potentially in the middle of nowhere, which isn't very conducive to arriving at your destination on time.
Airplanes, airplanes...I'd be interested to count how many airplanes I've been on in my life. "A lot" is one acceptable answer. I do take that as a good thing; I'm happy my mom liked to travel so much--it got me out of the house and I got to see some pretty cool things, all thanks to the scary power of airplanes.
But then there are airports, which are beasts in and of themselves what with check-in, security, and all of the waiting that one does. Thank goodness for "Hudson News" stores to stifle boredom, huh? Also, my laptop is pretty handy. (Did I just make a pun? It's too early for me to tell.) I do know that I've flown enough to have favorite airports (Atlanta over JFK any day) and maybe that suggests that I've flown too much.
Airplanes are pretty amazing, being able to fly over hundreds of miles with cargo and/or passengers. But I don't know if we should depend upon them so much because what happens if they all fail?