Jetstar Pirate,
Good wind up, go fishing somewhere else.
IMHO,
The rate and scale of these "incidents" within the QF Group needs to be compared to like sized carriers around the world. For instance, IIRC, QF Group operate @ 210 frames; compare the incident rate on the different fleets to those of like sized operators and then draw an informed conclusion based on the data/FACTS. If SQ/CX-KA/TG etc, and even US and European carriers of approximately the same size are experiencing the same ratio of events as QF, then make this public knowledge and try to remove the blow torch from QF. However, if on the contrary QF incident rates are far more frequent, then therein lies an inherent and sinister problem. Facts and only facts are required here. Not speculation and sensationalism. Compare apples and apples.
Like it or not, QF is a national icon, and therefore ANY significant event will always make the media and right now, QF is under the microscope(and IMHO justifiably so). And as for comments on here that an emergency descent is just another day at the office, get real. Any Phase 1/ recall item, whatever you may call it, is an emergency situation and not just another day.