On another thread
evo wrote:
I think it's a great shame if we've become fed up with first solo stories - and especially if we've reached the point where people don't post for fear of a flaming about it. I must admit that I haven't been reading the thread (I figured it was yet another one where people just posted 'I took x hours'), but when I went solo I posted about it here. We always used to get a good selection of first solo, QXC, skills test write-ups - you could probably follow my entire PPL from my posts here. Doesn't seem to happen much any more.
Maybe it's the experience level. When I started posting here it was about a 50-50 mix of students and PPLs. Now the experience level seems higher (we still have many of the same people, but the students are now PPLs - myself included - and we have a cadre of highly-experienced IFR folks). It's bl**dy poor if the regulars have just flamed the students into submission. There's a big difference between posting about going solo and not being bothered to search for previous threads on the GPS III...
I agree with this sentiment entirely. There have been bust ups in other places because the needs of Students, "Basic" or "Grass Roots" flyers and IMC/IRs are actually quite different.
I know that this is a
PPRuNe, but a lot of pros are also private flyers (like me), a lot of private pilots are wannabe pros and many instructors and engineers, who are pros, work largely in the student and PPL world, so the distinction is not that great.
I wonder, therefore, if the powers that be would consider having separate fora for "PPL Training", "VFR GA" and "IFR GA" to replace the existing "Private Flying". It might be possible also to combine "Biz Jets and GA" into "IFR GA".
Timothy