Old Electra and three holer driver here. In my time, America’s largest airplane manufacturers and the FAA were almost above reproach, making the current public flogging, deserved or not, hard to watch though not unique. The Electra was shedding wings but was not grounded, even after the second one, and the entire industry pitched in to find the cause, fix the problem and get it out of the headlines. There are many reasons why that will not happen now, but why the pendulum has swung so far the other way is a bit of a mystery. To the benefit of no one in aviation, feeding the media and keeping the story alive appears to be more important than encouraging those with a more positive agenda to converse and contribute. Airplane accidents are bad stories but great news, a fact that appears to have sucked us into laying blame before finding solutions. Just an observation, with no intention to overstate the obvious or offend anyone. I come from the past. We do things different there.