Reddit reviews Flying the Airbus A380

I bought this book recently:

Flying the Airbus A380
http://www.amazon.ca/Flying-Airbus-A380-Gib-Vogel/dp/1847971245

It's a neat read for lots of reasons, but one of the things it will demonstrate is the multiple redundant layers of safeties that are in place on the plane. This includes mechanical and electronic features, but also how the flight plan itself requires that you have a backup airports setup that are never more than X minutes away.

It's short enough that you can easily read it in one evening. (Note that the author is a Boeing pilot and therefore it's possible that you might want to grab one of his other books instead of the Airbus one -- it's just that my local bookstore only had this one.)