Roadkill,

Witness testimony is notoriously flawed. The human mind tends to logically fill in the blanks. After a short period of time details are changed from reality. Also, many get caught up in the political spin machine. Just watched a show on the Concorde crash. Pilot witness statements were predictably different and you could guess where they were going the instant you heard a British, or French, accent.

Aviation Safety Investigators look for objective data.

In this debate, it is my opinion readers would be better served to look at the actual votes and objective results.

Perhaps the reason for the cognitive dissonance around here was the Comair and ASA litigation which made the Delta MEC very careful (and even a little paranoid) regarding its communications in general and scope positions in specific.