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I don't think this is good logic without more information about the actual calculation of risk. It should come down to who can accurately measure the risk and whether that risk is acceptable. People can roll the dice on low probability events, sometimes for an entire career without bad consequence but that shouldn't be conflated with good decision making.

Flying safely with a 10% failure risk when your acceptable risk is only 2% just means you got lucky, not that you're good.