Hi Kinell
I watch Air Crash Investigation and Seconds From Disaster. Since I've been watching these programs, every time I get on a plane I read the emergency info sheet religiously, check where my exits are and am generally more aware of what's going on.
My husband thinks I'm barking mad (and pessimistic!) and he says if we're going to crash why worry about it as we'll all die anyway - yep you're right, in that individual control is virtually non-existent in comparison to being caught up with, say, a car crash where you might have more control over your destiny.
But my view is, if you've got a chance to survive, albeit a slim chance, do everything you can to make that happen. If that means spending 5 minutes reading some information or being more observant and knowing a little bit about how aeroplanes operate (or don't!) then that sounds good to me. And if a plane falls out of the sky, breaks into many pieces and plummets into the sea, well, I'll be very dead indeed and that will be the end of that!