Originally Posted by Cough
Just a thought on eligibility. If a user has access to one of the private forums (i.e. airline) then surely the individual forum mods have done your work for you. Anyone else would have to be verified.
I was thinking the same thing. It would seem to solve an immediate problem with a minimum of extra work load, though an increase in applications for posting on those forums may result in the near term with possible increased workloads on moderators into the long term.
As an SLF ex-scientist who gets very upset at public and journalistic ignorance/mis-information in my areas of expertise, and in light of the increased media coverage that PPruNe seems to attracting of late, it seems to me a good idea to have a forum for industry professionals (be they flight, cabin, ground crew or ATCO) where they can discuss, debate, and learn from each other without risk of Joe Public or Joe Journalist misunderstanding and, particularly, misquoting or quoting divergent or non-standard views as being representative elsewhere.
That suggests to me that forum areas not open to general posting are also closed to general reading. It's up to you guys to decide on posting and reading rights in different sections for flight, cabin, ATCO, ground etc.