But it is our job to worry Lolo,
Why else would we bother to put so much time and effort into creating and running this part of the site? We are entirely sympathetic to your dreams and aspirations - we couldn't be anything else. We've been through the system ourselves and with nothing like the support you get here.
However, we have to be the counterpoint to the spin, gloss and, yes, lies you guys face on a daily basis during the couple of years you spend fighting your way through the hoops to a licence. Therefore harsh truths do get told every few months and we derive no pleasure from it. Many of you will join us for 30 years or more on the flight deck and only then will you know whether we are right or not with certainty. You will all also find out in your own time whether revisiting this forum makes you feel uncomfortable as you see the next generations' wide eyed, blissful, uninformed enthusiasm.
And so to the substantive part of this thread. It's our judgement on how the forums are defined and steered. It is entirely possible that there is a better way of doing it. It is entirely probable that there is someone out there who, if they got off their arse, could produce something that leaves us in the weeds.
We think we get the overall balance right. We believe that the existance of the wannabees forums genuinely helps you until you get to join us working stiffs. Bolstered by the demonic enthusiasm of the Weasly Welshman we invented all this - it had never been done before. We're in our tenth year now, you're all here by choice and the first generation of PPRuNe Wannabees are in the left seat of jets or getting very close to it.
And that is the only reason why we do this - putting something back.
Regards again,
Rob Lloyd