WELL!!! Case in point. MAN has released an article in the new February 2003 issue on the SIG Sukhoi SU-31. NOTHING BUT HIGH PRAISE! but not a single word mentioned on the hundreds that had in-flight wing failures. SIG is FULLY aware of the problem and has been working the last year to fix it. However, not a single mention of the problem. They could have said that there WAS a problem and that it has been fixed, but they didn't.
IS THE PROBLEM FIXED??? or are a few more flyers going to experience the helpless feeling of seeing a big, heavy plane flying without wings and on it's own! Another case of irresponsible magazine article creation without giving any facts! Probably because the writer and editor are afraid for their jobs or really don't have the true technical expertise to make a factual assessment which should always include a call to the manufacturer to see if what kinds of complaints they have received on the plane in review.