For all those who knew before it was all cr*p... .
If an airline releases a statement, I think one can hardly fault a poster here to bring it to the forum. If the airline itself does not know what happens to their own airplanes, then they have to carry the consequences. Slamming those who post such things is way out of order IMHO.
Yes, it is embarrassing for all of us who believed the official LH statement and reported it in different forums. However, even after the downgrade, or particularly after it, it is still a "nice to know" item, as I for one have learnt a bit of something on how the flight controls are designed in the RJ's.
However, what I see in this forum is also a bit disturbing in another way.
I agree that with todays press, appearing to be the enemy no 1 to many here, there is a distinct problem in overdramatizing often trivial events (which I do not consider this one to be, despite the "downgrade"). However, if we want to reduce this place to posting the official reports 2 years after an incident, then why bother.
As I take it from the title of this section or even the forum name, there is a space here for rumours and incident reporting that is in our interest as participants of the aviation industry. Occasionally, that will mean that wrongly transmitted stuff gets here, albeit in good faith, like this one.
If the consensus here (if such a thing exists) is, that incidents may only be posted after the official reports are out, then of course a lot of threads here are indeed amiss and of no use. Then again, there are other places where professionals from the industry meet and exchange information.
Best regards
AN2 Driver.