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Old 5th Apr 2010, 22:11
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psycho joe
 
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I dunno about the rest of you guys but I am fast tiring of the media's reporting of relatively standard engineering incidents. ie: QF delaminated side windshield......(as many would know this is ABSOLUTELY a NON event)
Really, a crack / delamination inflight a non event? Are you joking? Perhaps you should experience one before declaring it a non-event.

I have no problem with any non-normal event being reported as long as it's factual. The problem is that no-one within the airlines with a hint of knowledge is allowed to talk to the media. The only airline people who speak to the media are the PR spin-doctors who come out with worse one-liners than the media. Me thinks a 5min conversation with a Pilot or Engineer at the time of an event would reduce the chaff that gets reported.
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