Meanwhile, a Ryanair aircraft diverts due to a birdstrike on take-off, and a long and heated discussion follows about whether the pilots took the correct action. That thread gets 42 replies from fewer viewings, many of which are from people castigating the pilots for "not doing the right thing".
Yea right.
Clueless people post to pprune. YAWN.
In this case someone screwed up, realised their mistake and rejected which was the RIGHT thing to do. Trying again before the tyres had cooled was not so clever. Nobody died.
In the Ryanair case the 737 is designed to fly on one engine so a birdstrike after V1 is no big deal. Fly the aircraft, do the engine out checklist, plan an appropriate diversion. They did the RIGHT thing.
Nobody died.
The difference is simple - the armchair wannabees travel low cost and have probably never heard of an obscure BA franchise operator who flies rich bankers between Paris and NY in opulant luxury at premium prices. Guess which grabs their attention ?.