Have you seen anything in United's overall safety record lends itself to your analysis? If you do, please share the source of that criticism. As a travel writer, do you feel that qualifies you to pass judgement in the area of flight safety?
I fly for another airline, but commute on UA frequently to/from work and have never found a reason to doubt they have a good program in place and the appropriate culture of safety exists. There may be room for improvement inmthe cabin, and in some of the amenities in the narrow body fleet. I would think that would be more your area of expertise.