A little sensitive and perhaps defensive aren't we anotherbus ? While all you mentioned may be irrelevant , it certainly is not illegal to mention the gender , race , religion nor colour . For some MPL may also be irrelevant when all is said and done .
As for the article HM , one comment seems to suggest that the Captain was observed from the terminal, not from the FD , along with an observation of the tyres and was qualified with " I thought " .