Some people have offered their support of the Osprey. A
Defense Daily articleabout the new proposal said “the MV-22 has had the lowest Class A mishap rate of any tactical rotorcraft in the Marine Corps during the past decade. Fiscal year 2010 Navy flight-hour cost data also show that the Osprey has the lowest cost per seat-mile, or the cost to transport one person over a distance of one mile, of any U.S. naval transport rotorcraft,” according to the Naval Safety Center.
But at the same time, a number of reports have questioned the safety and cost problems of the Osprey.
So, citing sources showing the V22 has the lowest cost and best safety, which flies in the face of every point the author is trying to make, is countered by his assertion regarding "a number of reports" that state otherwise which he fails to detail or link (either because they dont actually exist or are so old and outdated he knows they are no longer even relevent). Stellar journalism and objectivity there.