You Professional pilots spend so much time bickering at each other and the world at large. C'mon guys lighten up a bit.
I'm not a Pro - but I can see the problems that uninformed reporting to the masses can be potentially damaging to the aviation business.
Most people don't have a clue when it comes to aviation - and quite a lot of people believe nearly everything they read/see on the news.
Now, ok, the Daily Record and Evening Times (local newspaper) might not be the most renowned publications
, but I'd expect more accurate information than
that from the BBC, who like to call themselves a world news agency.
Well, there is BBC World TV and the BBC World Service as well. Suerly an organisation as large as the BBC's could have a specialist aviation corrospondant that does what they are talking about ?
But it is an important subject..... if the passengers are scared off flying any more then there may just be some passengers that will never fly again - something the industry can do without.