Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Under normal circumstances, the aviation world doesn’t need to do much to look bad – we are an over-regulated, overtly misunderstood, somewhat complex undertaking – prone to bad press and errant reporting from those who cannot or will not check their facts…
And let’s face it, there are far too many people out there, ready to capitalize on every misstep our industry makes, especially where the legal system is involved.
But regardless of the prevalent aviation-bashing; the Aero-Verse deserves to be treated accurately, fairly, and with the appropriate expertise.
Virtually none of this was rendered by Thomas Frank or by his wholly unimpressive editors at USA Today."

Source: From Jim Campbell's latest 'Barnstorming' editorial, decrying the Nat'l Press Foundation's award to USA Today's Thomas Frank for an errant series of articles that were long on sensationalism and skimpy on aeronautically-accurate facts.

FMI: jim@aero-news.net