The membership may not see them as bad pilots. They may feel that these pilots are being railroaded, or that the incident wasn't as rare/dangerous as is being portrayed.
Have you really never seen the public misinterpret something they aren't all specialists in? Maybe they very much are interested in the truth being public record, and the truth has not yet been determined. No particular bit of evidense, including an audio recording or some interview testimony is 'the truth'.