Originally Posted by
DeadHead
So your issue is not with the fact that information was released, but the method in which the information
was released?
Partially correct. See this part:
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My primary issue with the direction the leader of the NTSB has chosen is to release tidbits of information out of context just a day or two after the crash. That's another part of society, people want answers and they want them today. People used to be patient. But not anymore. If I was leading an investigation, my media statement would be simply that we are aware of the accident, are investigating it, and will put out a preliminary report soon. (
Btw, have you even seen preliminary reports for the Asiana or Southwest or UPS crash? ---- whole lotta press statements without issuing a single report - and that should say something)."
Put another way, if you are going to stand in front of the country and start releasing facts as to what's known "so far" just 2 days after the crash, then put out a preliminary report at the same time. If you feel you don't have enough information for even a preliminary report, then you shouldn't be saying anything nationally to the media/public. Let the investigation take its course over time. Patience is a virtue todays average person (and the media) do not have.