I imagine it's only a matter of time before the bean counters at the airlines and the official spokes-holes at the Air Transport Association (the trade / lobbying arm of the U.S. airline industry) will start making some counterpoints to a naive news media, such as, "With all the doom and gloom Capt. Sullenberger has mentioned, the U.S. airline industry has just come off one of its longest unblemished safety records in its history."
Also known as putting lipstick on a pig.
