PPRuNe - pilots' friend!! ...pilots' foe!!
What a fantastic idea for pilots - a medium that allows pilots worldwide, to exchange ideas, information, jokes and rumours.
...and what better way for our superiors to enjoy the privilege of sharing, analysing, and drawing up tactics based on the same.
We (the aircrew - because LAME's, ATCO's, F/A's, crewing officers, etc., etc., etc.,) have ALL been attracted by this 3-ring circus known as PPRuNe, which exposes every facet of our lives.
We are probably one of the most unionised groups in the world, and therefore (we) must be like honey to bees, for would-be "management advisors", who have tried time and again to fathom the psyche of our lot, which outwardly will fly for free, but when it comes to "crunch time", demand to be "recognised" for the years of study, medical fitness, and sheer determination in reaching their goal.
As an interesting adjunct, pilots (often) compare their profession with that of Medical practioners - something I, personally, don't subscribe to, for the simple reason that I don't believe every piot has the grey matter to get that far - however, it was "interesting" to see a surgeon compare himself to a pilot in a Thunderstorm.