I trusted the B757 more than any other of 8 jets I flew. It had performance, systems were simple, automation was good, you could hand fly it easily and it looked like if you ever had to ditch it it looked like a pontoon boat. If I ditched in the Carribean it looked like it would float for days. Just fire up the APU and wait for the rescue boat. It was just lacking fishing poles and lures.
It would fly with almost everything inop.