As a passenger I prefer to have a pilot at the controls and have the flight attendants handle cabin safety and serve meals and drinks. (In that order of priority
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I tend to trust the flight attendants with my safety, just as I do the pilots... I know they all have been antecedent-checked and trained. That's the best bureaucracy(*) can provide me.
Cabin crew has to be trusted (and generally can!)
(*) this includes both airline and government bureaucracy.