Mr Calder said statistically air travel was "fantastically safe" and said the Boeing 737 had proved itself to be the "most successful passenger jet ever flown".
No such luck, though, on Radio Foyle where I was cornered into giving a view that, whilst he's fought a strong campaign and proved beyond doubt what a safe pair of hands he has, John McCallister won't be able to overhaul Mike Nesbitt.