Several details seem, or needing said:
- Alaska DOES have more crashes per capita because we have more planes, more and varied pilots, more rugged terrain and weather, and fewer landing sites or emergency services once you do get in trouble.  Fewer walk-aways, pure and simple.
- "Every other day" vs. stats that prove only every third day...really? Petty semantics.
- Murkowski responded to concerns of <certain> constituents - those commercial interests who worry about harm to their business from bad PR, true or not, and who are probably contributors as well.
- NTSB is a stodgy, professional group that quietly does a good job.  They are not (with few exceptions) wannabe heroes or publicity hounds, and do not need political theater.
- As one pilot said above, any discussion that sheds light on what happened, and how to avoid it, is a good thing.