Are government leaders always in the safest hands?

Saturday’s crash of the Polish Presidential Plane killing the president and the political defense delegation has raised questions about the safety of the VIP flights.
Immediately following the crash, attention focused on the aircraft itself. The plane was a Russian-built Tupolev 154, an aircraft type that has suffered 66 serious flight incidents including 37 hull losses with human fatalities, giving it a poor reputation amongst the flying public and the press…
Unlike commercial aircraft which may be dispatched with minor defects which do not jeopardize the safety of the flight, the presidential aircraft cannot be dispatched with any defect whatsoever, giving it in theory a higher level of safety…
Unlike normal commercial flights into airports with the most advanced navigational aids, by pilots familiar with the routes, VIP flights such as that into Smolensk by their nature carry greater risk. First, the pilots are not as familiar with the destination airport, due to their infrequent flights to such destinations. Second, in order to provide greater ground security for VIP guests, host countries often choose military airfields over commercial ones, where the privacy and security of the VIP guests can more easily guaranteed…
Thirdly, pilots on such flights are often under greater pressure to meet their arrival schedules than those operating commercial flights, creating further opportunities for accidents.