SLFguy
Perhaps there were better ones, but they struck me as two very good reasons.
I can see why the Mods wouldn't want the 'flagship' forum on a professional pilots website cluttered up with silly taboid-style 'shock horror' rubbish about non-events.
bealine Maybe the 'Diplomat' thread you started was closed because another thread on the same topic was already running, and had been for some time?
The original thread is still open:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=206899
BTW, if you look at it, you'll see a few people pointed out the facts - clearing up some misunderstandings which had led to many being 'scandalised' as you put it.
"a bit of "Big Brother Knows Best"?
Maybe he does? Danny's way seems to work. It's the best aviation website on the net as far as I'm aware.
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