I am disappointed that an industry body has joined in the (sadly) expected chorus of ill informed comment from the lay media. If anyone is genuinelly expecting that walk arounds by anyone (engineer, pilot or anyone in between) will pick up underlying defects such as corrosion or fatigue, they are having a lend of themselves. A strong regimen of checks to look for underlying problems if the only way that they will be picked up but that is too hard to detail in a 30 second sound bite. A fear campaign that convinces the public that there are quick and easy fixes or appealing to xenophobia regarding maintenance will only hurt all of us in the industry over time as it will not fix any problem.