SSH,
Wow, that's quite a chip you've got there. I don't see you abusing those who run the civvy private forums on this site and labelling them elitist. Presumably, in your eyes, mil aircrew are fair game for abuse and of lesser stature. I was responding to a suggestion made by Jindabyne and others.
I don't recall proposing closing the forum to all ranks, leave this forum as is but provide a private forum for each of the services. Why does it have to be a bulletin board, why not within the excellent environment of PPrune?