The reality is if a media person was silly enough to quote anything in here he would have a hard time backing it up especially if the story was a scoop. Lack of facts, lack of job. Simple. If you think becoming a prof pilot is difficult, try getting work as a journo!
Actually - The UK media have quoted extensively from this site - for example... when the BA plane landed short of the runway earlier this year one tabloid newspaper journalist ran a double page spread on 'possible causes' which was almost a copy-paste of the technical discussions that were held on this board. This "journalist"
implied that the information was gained from 'speaking with aviation experts'
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I don't doubt that there are many experienced people commenting here - I was simply disgusted that a journalist would lift 95% of a article without explicting citing sources.