Forum discipline
A significant issue in the forum has been poor discipline; self discipline in both thought and action (posting).
Discipline is the founding value in our profession. The forum offers opportunity to learn, exchange views, and seek personal improvement, but for those who lack discipline, particularly novice participants, their involvement reduces the potential offered by this unique facility.
We now have forum rules; these have to be both respected and enforced.
Moderators have to moderate, instilling discipline; professional contributors have to set an example so that we all might improve.
Novice participants should seek the skills and disciplines worthy of association with a professional group, and those invited ‘outsiders’ must remember the rules of etiquette and good manners applicable to any guest. If they seek knowledge through learning then this too requires a disciplined approach; first think about the question to asked, is the information available elsewhere, are you asking the ‘right’ question.
To progress this forum we must take something which is good and improve it, this requires all of us to exercise controlled thought involving consideration of the subject based on personal knowledge, if something will be of value to others, is it fact or supposition, or just rumour.
In terms of airmanship (professionalism) we have to build on self discipline with skills of thought and communication, which in turn enable knowledge. (after T. Kern – Airmanship.) I hope that Pprune will regain many of its earlier values which include the discipline revered by professional contributors.