To say I am relieved for the pilot concerned is putting it mildly (having been the target of mud-slinging in the past). I hope you get the time off you require to recover from this shocking ordeal and that you or the company take steps to see that the so-called journalists are called to account.
I note that certain people are now conspicuous by their absence from this thread. Shall we PM them and invite them back? Am I alone in thinking they don't have the balls to show up?