The
PR blitz that was done against the Chinook had nothing to do with the crash at all. The
PR blitz did poison a lot of minds about the aircraft prior to the crash. It is interesting to note a couple of people survived that crash and none survived similar catastrophic failures of 61's in Norwegian waters and they still fly today. Key there....no axe job had been done on the 61.
There were good valid reasons the Old Man did not want to invest lots of money in the Chinook and that was part of the motivation for dissing the aircraft.
In the current case....who knows what is going on?
I was always taught the worst sales pitch is demeaning your competition and their product and the better pitch is in selling your services, product, and ability to service your client/customer.
For sure....if your competition is doing the latter and you are not...they will be successful to your detriment.
Free and open competition is the key to a healthy industry....seems the losers have to sharpen up their tools in order to remain competitive.