What an interesting thread. Well...I put my two bob in at the start and I feel there is just a wee bit more to say at the (near) end.
JJFlyer
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My opinion has not changed on the censorship issue. However, after reading an abridged version of your original post, you were really playing with fire. (Ya just don't walk into Harlem and yell '******'). Thing is...I, like you, will never become a career instructor. I enjoyed my time as an instructor and was good at it. However, the reason I remained good at it was because I knew it was a step for bigger and better things (for me that is - and note...bigger and better is always subjective). If you can't understand why some people stay in instructing, you mustn't have had a good instructor. While there are some that stay there because they are scared or not good enough to go further, there are many, MANY more that are 'doyens' when it comes to instruction. If you have ever flown with an instructor that lesson after lesson, brief after brief, makes it crystal clear to you, then you will know what I mean. It is a thankless profession (similar to school teachers, mothers and housewives. Underpaid, overworked and responsible for the creation of 'new people' (you are making pilots!)). So at the end of the day, perhaps a few comments laced with 'for me at least' or 'in my case' may make people happier and allow the thread to stay as a 'different point of view'.
CFI
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I understand your being upset at the aforementioned comments. While I have never flown with you, I know your passion and enthusiasm for aviation. And if that enthusiasm extends to your instructing (as I am sure it does) then you have a right to be hurt by JJ's post. BUT! at the end of the day, this topic has turned into an issue over censorship.
By suggesting that a post that was offensive to the majority of readers of this forum deserves to be removed is 'just not cricket'. In the same way you have the right to go to 'Tech Log' and say "Hey, airline guys, I reckon your jobs bite the big one. Instruction is the way to go because......" then others should have the right to do the same. As long as a lucid argument is presented (ie that it is not some slanderous attack) then it should be given time on this forum.
So...moral of the story? Firstly, thank for doing a thankless job (forum mediator thingy). It is a job that I wouldn't want and at times can be quite difficult. But please, before killing a thread, please consider its merits (as personally distasteful as they may seem). Thanks.