Seems to me (after having a few thousand hrs in the Bus) that this airplane was made for third world countries. It was made so educated, extremely low time guys could fly it. The problem is the automation & protections have gone way overboard and seem to have caused more trouble than its worth.
The statistics would not support you.
The Airbus aircraft have casualty levels no worse than their Boeing contemporaries, so whatever their deficiencies, they are not 'more trouble than its worth'.
Imho, the abrupt loss of communications from a routine flight surrounded by other routine flights argues against the routine accident causes such as icing.