small private planes crashing is just business as usual
BUT
two legacy commercial flights failed immediately after the FAA was given the message that heads are going to roll, safety is no longer important to US gov't, & safety related jobs are no longer respected or secure
IMHO the attack on employee morale & the understaffed towers was clearly a direct cause of AA 5342
suspect but don't know sloppy maintenance/low morale played a part in the Delta "rollover"