Over and over, so-called critics refuse to begin their analysis with the recognition that they are looking at anomalous events. I don't think anyone has a right to expect that systems designed to do certain things can or should immediately morph into doing something completely different. If we were to allow the FAA tht much leeway, they might get sidetraced into tracking UFO's and let passenger aviation go to the dogs.
All I was trying to point out is that this kind of inaction to correct the record is a huge part of what give the conspiracy crazies their ammunition. Their insane shrieks of "cover-up" are given that much more credence. I did a lousy job of trying to convey that.
I can even understand why the FAA would be reluctant to correct the record - I sure as hell would have been reluctant to cooperate with that Clown Commission myself. But that old trite phrase about the cover-up being worse than the crime sort of applies, even though there was no cover-up or crime. If the FAA had fessed up quickly and corrected the record promptly, folks would have let them slide, recognizing that this kind of thing does happen. They bought themselves an awful lot of unwarranted misery with their delays.