I was interested to read 11Fan's post.
1. Every OEM has their day in the sun (putting it nicely)
2. AB builds a fine product (and I work for the other guys)
3. AB has had some tough breaks lately (no stones being cast, glass house and all)
4. Twenty-four hour news cycles and uninformed media "experts"
5. Lastly, it depends on the news source as some are biased.
No "respectable" OEM employee wishes bad for the competitor. We are all in the same business, moving people safely. When something happens to one of us, it affects us all.
Which was, I thought a well placed comment
A good salesman knows that by knocking his competitors he somehow diminishes himself.
Our competitors are "our colleagues in the industry" (whatever that industry may be). I always found it to work with the customer.