I think Luke SkyToddler has the right idea - a referrals-only forum.
As a CPL holder who really only uses that privilege for doing PPL like things when the mood takes me, I really wouldn't have much to chip into a strictly professional forum like the one Danny proposes. However, I certainly would be an avid reader, as I am of CHIRP. Not sure what form I signed to receive CHIRP but it certainly never goes unread by me.
The new forum has to be more closed than the forums in PPRUNE with no place for the:
Mr.Angrys, Mr.RetiredAngrys, Mr.Nastys,
Mr.FlightSims (I refer you all to that never ending BA747 on 3 engines thread which was hijacked at one stage by the sim goons. I suspect that may be one of many reasons the new forum is being proposed),
Mr.MyMateDownThePubIsAPilotAndHeSays,
Mr.ThereAreNoJobsAndThereNeverWere (what does he call himself these days? A320Luggage is it?),
Mr.RyanairIsInFactHeavenAndAllOtherAirlinesAre****
and of course the obvious journos trawling for poo.
Tough one to administer I guess but worth doing right.
Last edited by RogerIrrelevant69; 4th May 2006 at 13:18.