Stargazer, just to clarify what I wrote, when I referred to the lack of a confidential reporting system I was not talking about a whistle-blowers line to the newspaper. What I meant was a proper confidential reporting system established by (or in conjunction with) the IAA and which is based on models like the UKs
CHIRP or NASA's
ASRS (Air Safety Reporting System).
As to Miss Conolly, at least she put our concerns in the public domain. Lets not discourage her from doing so again.