Reply to FF
FF,
You mention that you are loosing respect for the pilots in higher jobs due to the recent posts. I cannot speak about the present topic but I can give some insight into the Wollongong situation that you mentioned.
To my understanding only about 5% of the posts on the Wollongong site where done by CASA licenced people the rest where done by non aviators with little understanding of the industry. They where there to make a point and try and muddy aviation and bring it down to the same level as the warfs, due to the union involvement.
The professional aviators made very little comment because it was so obvious to the trained eye how stupid the comments where.
Unfortunately, as a new comer to aviation it is hard for you to differentiate between fact and fiction. It becomes harder still when people can hide behind an alias and write whatever crap they like.
My suggestion to you is that you keep your head down and progress through the industry, one day you could be in a position where you are able to give advise to the new generation.