CC,
I think you are VERY correct with regard to
PR. I think that the anti-NAS groups have done very poorly in the
PR department.
The public need to be convinced - and I think that either the
PR money should be spent on better talent, or they should throw more money at it or BOTH.
Nothing like telling the truth - with a bit of artisitic 'licence' to get the message across.
After all, more public will die in an airliner midair than pilots or ATCers (or Ministers or adventurers for that matter) and they have a right to know what they extra risks they are being exposed to and who are the 'brains'behind it.