Originally Posted by
livedarklions
How the hell do you know whether they're self-centered or not, and why does it matter? It's either good policy or it's not. "Unnecessary" is in the eye of the beholder--you can argue for your point of view on why it's not necessary without automatically assuming someone is a villain here. In the big scheme of things, I think the NTSB's work has saved a hell of a lot of lives, I just think they're out of their depth on this one.
Allegedly the NTSB leaders disregarded the NTSB's own research and conclusions to come up with this objectively flawed and superficial recommendation. I haven't seen anything yet that legitimately speaks to their motivations, but it's human nature to speculate.