The way this thread has turned out is all a little silly nurtured by the Nu-Human, fluffy ideal that no-on should ever be hurt or killed doing anything any more
I'm all for sending our flyers and their passengers up in an airframe that is serviceable and airworthy, (ie: we don't have a distinct feeling that one particular part or system is failing regularly and killing people) as is possible. But I'm also all for letting those crews fly the aircraft and have it perform as well as it possibly can to preserve their life in conflict. That will expose them to risk. A high level of risk. But isn't that what they are training to do - or actually doing. It's called war and it's a pretty risky business.
It is impossible to remove risk, especially in war. But let's not train crews or send them into combat at an automatic disadvantage by not allowing them to fly to the limits of the airframe or make that airframe such a "pig" that the limits are not realistically going to help to protect them.