Feynman has been quoted on this human characteristic (hubris and arrogance in the face of summarily-dismissed non-equivocating odds), numerous times here and elsewhere:
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.Off the top of my head, I wonder if there is a strong relationship between "it can't sink" and "it can't stall"?
I wonder, because the certain and specific knowledge exists in which there are distinct and standard, trained circumstances where the airplane
will stall and so all Airbus crews should be aware of this. However, metallurgical knowledge could not conclude at the time that the cold Atlantic would make those particular rivets brittle.
I think there is a vast hubris behind the first statement because technological "miracles" and an entire supporting social belief system were the order of the day, but just plain ignorance is behind the second.