Tophat - the problem is that because Joe Public doesn't have immediate and full access to data, those bits of information which can be publicly obtained are the only ones that can be used to from opinions. Show me data in line with expectations and I'll yawn. Show me something surprising and I'm interested.
I agree most here do not have detailed access to commercially sensitive data but the CAA stats combined with comparison of historical fares shown to the public once analysed can yield an awful lot of insight. It would be very unlikely for published data to tell a different story to the private data.