Your logic is amazing, aircraft depart that shouldn't have done but those reporting the facts are industrial terrorists. You need to readjust your brain scanner, its out of phase with reality.
Is it? If you perform maintenance in that area it's probably not working properly, with all that fuss about frustrated industrial actions. But rest assured, Class 1 apart, I can see clearly through your intentions.
Returning to subject: are you positively sure that represents the thruth about what really happened with those examples that you have convinced your portuguese friends to provide? can you trust these friends of yours? Are you sure those snags weren't "arranged" by any chance? Is your neck insured against fraud and deception?
I'll leave you with those cute lil' questions.
Have a nice weekend.
GD&L