Originally Posted by Tantalum

Very well said =) This is why I love APC, because of the meaningful, educated, and intelligent discussions.

I think people are extremely eager to jump to a conclusion based on the information they have heard without doing their own judgment and analysis of the arguments and data. It is much easier for most to just agree with something, then to dissect the data and ask further questions (ie, where are the sensors located, could this affect the data?).

A bit off topic, but I worry what the media will do about the Q400 crash in Buffalo. Although the Q400 has (from what I can tell) seen less praise than the Q100 and -300 (given the Q400 SAS gear incidents), I worry that the media will rush to put a lot of blame on the airplane being poorly constructed rather than systemically analyze all the factors.