Unstable Load,
I'm not sure that I'm totally CRM compliant either
However, there is a trend occurring where people to think that older airplanes are unsafe, newer ones are better and pilots are risk taking devils who play with their passenger's lives by accepting to fly airplanes that are death traps
In our own little corner, we tried our best to ensure that our aircraft had a more than reasonable chance of making it back when they departed and so if I can share what I experienced with them I may be able to educate them a little bit about how things work.
As an example yesterday there was news making the rounds that an Arik airplane didn't have the air conditioning working because one engine had failed and the pilot was going to depart with only the good engine working.
You have to smile when you hear such but it doesn't stop the news from spreading at the speed of light!