“Flight attendants, please prepare the cabin for takeoff”.  Hearing those words makes my palms a little sweaty.  Every time.  I’m not really afraid of flying, but I admit, I get a little nervous.  As the plane starts to taxi down the runway a booming voice is in the air.  God?  No, just the pilot.  “We will not be de-icing the plane this evening, so we will have a short taxi...