Higher, further, faster... It's the name of the game. Although these days for various reasons we're getting there more slowly! Yeah I'd trust it, despite me possibly thinking of "if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going". I mean, how many aircraft fly every day all over the world without incident? Past problems aside concerning their automatic pilots, I think it's in their interests to build a safe and reliable product. If they would trust it, then so would I.
Having said that, the concept of being on an aircraft for 19 hours doesn't exactly excite me. A longer range Concorde on the other hand, now we're talking!
And Bleiente, I must agree with your preference for a Messerschmitt. A BF108 Taifun would be at the very top of my list for a personal aircraft. That or a T-33.
