TSM...As tiresome as this is becoming I'll reply...No-body is saying do not talk about the aircraft...all I, and to be honest a growing number of my operator colleagues are saying is cut back on the harmful conjecture...the desperate grasping of straws...The plucking from the air to keep the subject warm...The talking with technical authority in one breath then a sidestep in another and so on...
How about giving the fleet a break? Sure, rumour away at an appropriate level and perhaps put as much emotive effort into why they aren't getting airborne enough currently instead of trying to ground the fleet...If the BOI supplies us with the facts that satisfy the many interested parties then happy days...If it leaves us feeling as uneasy as some in here I'll personally construct my own tin foil hat and join the gang...