The worse thing that happened on that flight was having someone with a camera.
In these days of camera phones, everyone has a camera, and film & pictures get every righteous second guesser under the sun crawling out of the woodwork. Ask poor old John Quadrio.
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-a...-s-latest.html
Before cameras - it's a minor incident and learning experience.
After cameras - it becomes a major incident and career attack.