Passage Summary: The government's plan to share airline safety records will backfire because airlines will hide their mistakes to protect their reputations.

Conclusion: Making airline safety statistics public will fail to make the public better informed about safety.

Reasoning: Airlines will be less likely to report safety incidents accurately if they know the information will be shared with the public.

Analysis: The author assumes that the government's only source of safety information is the airlines' own voluntary reports. This is a significant oversight; if the government has independent ways of tracking collisions or issuing fines, the airlines' lack of cooperation wouldn't necessarily hide the truth. Furthermore, the argument ignores the possibility that even a partially complete public record is more informative than no record at all. Look for an answer that identifies the failure to consider alternative ways the public might still become better informed despite the airlines' behavior.