If the Chief says that the aircraft is servicable then I'm getting in it and I don't care one jot about the airworthiness of it.
That makes you a bit of a **** (rhymes with 'cat), and a dangerous one at that because it's never that simple.
I used to fly for a company that would rather SAY it was airworthy than make it so. I left.
They spend a lot of money teaching us about the aircraft so the crew can make informed decisions, we are encouraged at all levels to examine what is going on - reality.
There are very few occasions that demand BLIND faith and just accepting 'the Chief's' word at face value certainly isn't one.