However, I do find it interesting that kkiwi flew on the service. With an "idiot" pilot and a crack that "started about halfway back and continued to the outside edge in a zig-zag pattern", I would have declined to fly.
This is an interesting question, especially as kkiwi states:
I am an ex-pilot and told him so.
So why did he chose to fly with his family on a "damaged" plane?