A very, very different situation. OBA were getting a real slagging. Hoever they didn't initiate it.
Think about it in this way. Calling someone a plonker or an idiot in the street wouldn't get you sued, so why would it make a difference here? Especially as the other person has the right to reply and is making full use of that.
David. I don't need to earn the right to do anything and nor does Chuck, DAR or anyone else.
You can choose not to listen if you want. That is your perogative. A silly one in my eyes, but there you go.
I have no idea what job you do for a living, but imagine I walked into your office and as someone who had no experience started to spout nonsense and pontificate to people with a whole load of experience. Well, you are doing the same. You are coming in and telling people whose profession and passion it is to fly and to teach that they are wrong.
At what point would you get annoyed if I came into your office and did that? Pretty sharpish I reckon.
Ganging up on you? What are you twelve?
You have a whole load of experienced people telling you the same thing and yet you disregard it and cry "foul".
You seem to have an inability to look at what part you've played in all of this and take stock of why you have had the reaction you have.
All the e-mails and calls I've recieved have been spontaneous. I haven't initiated any of them and I have to say, it is the first time anything like this has happened.
This is a small industry and once you've been involved in it for a while, you tend to know most it!
This is more a reflection on the attitude displayed than anything else. Flying skill can be taught, what goes on between the ears cannot. We can try and influence it, but that is all.