Once again the old reverse ad hominem comes out.
I think you're very brave to be accusing pilots of being liars in this forum.
Nobody's accusing anyone of anything. Buster just said it was part of their job to say nice things about the jet, as indeed it is, see this:
http://cdn.warisboring.com/images/F-...s-Guidance.pdf
And since everyone's into appeal-to-authority mode here, do you mind if I pull rank?
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS...J-20170216.pdf
On page 6, Harris is urging Congress not to authorize more than 48 F-35As per year through FY22 (2024 delivery year) - previous plans have called for the rate to rise to 60 or 80 jets. If you read the whole thing, the message is that "we'd like to hold back from getting every F-35A LM can build until we have the fixes and improvements in Block 4".
Which is pretty logical, even though it doesn't exactly mesh with the fans' view of the current capability. With some improvements to datalinks, sensors and memory, and some artificial intelligence to process sensor data onboard in real time, the F-35 should get close to Deptula's E/R/A/F-35 ideal and will be quite useful for many missions. Now, how many of those will take advantage of supersonic speed and a 9g airframe is another story...