My take is that the process being reported on in the papers is normal to the operation of a fleet and unlikely to play any significance to the greater majority of passengers
That's true of course and utterly beside the point.
Too many headlines, too often ???
That's the point.
The general public are not safety experts. Perception for them is often reality. And if there is a growing perception among the general flying public that Qantas has a problem, it has a problem.