I am also sick of the media - they are becoming more and more like the Americans everday. Do you notice the news "headlines" these days include trivial media stories like the diving pigs at the Easter Show? Surely Meanwhile, there was a huge earthquake in Mexico which is actually newsworthy. Oh, and there was that EK A340 which had a very lucky escape last year.......
There is definently some inside information that is being passed onto the media - they also must have sources at the airport who don't work for the airline who help them out.
The biggest thing with the media is they get on thier high horse, interview the "terrified" or "angry" passengers - would they prefer the aircraft continue on? They are getting to the point where it seems like they are having a go at QF for taking the safest option. Planes brake, they need to be fixed. The media seem to make it like QF are the only airline with issues.........
Mind you, any press release from QF in response explaining the issue is always edited (or ignored totally) so QF
PR are fighting a losing battle.
The worst part about the media coverage is the average person reads it and thinks QF is unsafe etc. The flight crew in particular do a fabulous job in all these 'incidents' and what they do everyday.