Well, attacking a well respected web site is not going to win many supporters around. I think someone in FR wants to kill all this "negative pubicity" about Safety ( fuel minimas, hasetd turn arounds, etc..) by going in the offensive.
Unfortunately all they do with this is attracting attention to the safety problems they have.(*)
The classification of incidents is not for the inloved airline to decide , it is for the Investigating independent bodies , here the BFU, since the incident occurred in Germany.
FR can bark as much as they want, the BFU has the final call.
What we can do to help Aviation Herald is to also publish widely the BFU final report.
I will do this myself.
(*) = every airline has its incidents. The most important point in in safety is how you deal with them afterwards.
Last edited by ATC Watcher; 7th Dec 2012 at 07:45.