RomeoMike wrote:

Most people in general circumstances
will forget the story in a few days.

I'd like to think you're right. But companies pay a lot for "branding", so
I'm left feeling that comments such as those from this particular reporter
do "add up" in the public consciousness.

In any case, the bottom line is
that if we pilots were as perfect at flying as you wish reporters were
at reporting, there would be practically no accidents to report (these
being the relatively few pure mechanical failures), and therefore no
cause for your angst.

I'd pit our record against theirs any day.

- Andrew