Pilotbear:
nothing like giving the press something to play with eh?
The best way to avoid giving the press something to write about is not to stall an a/c full of pax.
This is Pprune and the R represents 'rumour' ... that's exactly what Honiley takes the trouble to point out and whether there is any truth underlying the rumour or not, if it raises our consciousness to errors that any of us might one day be guilty of then that at least is a positive outcome.