The reason I posted about 'bias' is merely because somebody who has flown the F35B presumably works for Lockmart or flies for the USN/Marines or RAF/RN - either way their future employment may depend on the F35B going into full production
Sounds like a reasonable theory. But how does this explain the "leaked" information from the pilot who allegedly flew the F-35 against an F-16 and lost? By this logic, the many pilots who provide good F-35 news must be biased and/or corrupt, but the lone pilot who provides bad news must be a saint and/or heroic. From that perspective, this theory does not sound so reasonable after all.