Thank you Jon for calling out the epithets - a favorite currency of the old comment section but hopefully not the new one.
You’re spot on with “when the test of the effectiveness of the company’s QA is an aluminum tube holding 200 precious souls at 39,000 ft, I would prefer a review from a set of eyes that answers to the public, not the company.” I would add, “especially this particular company at this particular time in its existence.”