Well, well, well... thought this one had ran it's course, but no.
I'm closing it down. All useful debate has gone on what was a potentially very good topic, despite the actions of several people over and above yours truly to keep it on track... thank you to them, you know who you are.
As I said earlier play the ball, not the player. If someone is antagonising you, just ignore them.... silence can be more deafening than shouting sometimes. If you have nothing constructive or interesting to add to a thread, then please think 3 times before pressing 'send.' Threads do evolve, and it is part of my role as moderator to try to ensure they do that naturally...it is a credit to the overall standard of debate on this forum that I very rarely feel the need to step in.
May I recommend the JetBlast forum for those who do not agree with the above. Plenty of scope for debate and wind-up in there, and you also get to show just how clever you are occasionally.
While I'm here, another thing... any further posts from any member of either the "Spelling Police" or the "Special Punctuation Squad" which do nothing other than assert that persons superior perceived grasp of the English language, will be deleted. All they do is distract from the topic of the thread, antagonise contributors and potentially lead to the kind of pathetic name-calling that existed under this topic.
If you have a problem with that, well, tough, take it to the English Teachers Rumour Network. This is a forum for flying and for flyers in all their many colours... if you really must correct anyone, go over to Seattle and tell Mr Boeing how to spell "a.e.r.o.p.l.a.n.e" first.
To sum up... keep them on topic, don't slag each other off (it's very cheap to do so under the guise of anonymity) and don't waist the server bandwith with "Well, if you can't spell you shouldn't be complaining!" See, I can't spell waste, and I'm complaining, ergo, it's OK!
Sick Squid
Cabin Crew Forum Moderator
(Edited, but for neither punctuation nor spelling... content and meaning are more important. Along with not slagging off your mates just because you can.)
[This message has been edited by Sick Squid (edited 17 April 2001).]