Not quite sure what you guys are so wound up about...
People in the aviation industry KNOW the article is wrong.
99.9% of people outside the industry......er,... don't care.
Seriously I have never, ever, ever overheard a conversation in a pub, bar, bus, train or plane which involved Joe Public discoursing on the Terms & Conditions of pilots. Never - not once - honestly...never.
Nobody is NOT going to pax as a result of this article.