Originally Posted by law dawg

And remember there's a huge difference on journalists going out and FOIAing information and coming to their own conclusions and having government officials and airlines agree with them. Its striking that all the people out there doing the job, the one's with experience, view things one way and the people safe and sound in their offices, and with no real aviation security experience, view them differently.

That's why you see pilots and FAMs and FAs, etc. having different opinions about incidents than their management.