Tiger Moth,
I shouldn't tease you; I was trying to brighten up a boring day at work for myself, and I'm sorry if it got to you.
I wasn't annoyed with your thread at first, but...
The title was DEFINITELY provocative; why not "Sticks or Yokes; which do you prefer?" or something similar? Why imply that Cessnas are stupid?
It was a valid subject for discussion, but you seemed to go way over the top, wanting a poll and that kind of thing. It's understandable, when it looks like you've started a subject that people want to discuss. But I think that's why some of us reacted the way we did - perhaps over-reacted, but hey, that's typical PPRuNe!
It's fine for you to prefer sticks. And fine for other people to prefer yokes (or dragon carved forks
), or have no preference at all.
It is indeed an accepted fact that Cessnas are relatively easy to fly. But that doesn't make them bad, and you seem to imply that it does.
The fact that you have little experience of actual flying but a lot of strong opinions about it sometimes annoys some people. Maybe it shouldn't, but it does. You're also very young, and sometimes that's very obvious to those of us who aren't any more. But there's no crime in that, and one thing that is certain is that you will grow older.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly...
Posts can be easily misunderstood. Mine are, frequently. I used to get almost reduced to tears by some of the apparently unfair responses I got. Now I'm tougher. But I always warn people who I introduce to PPRuNe to put on their mental armour before they come in here. I'm met loads of PPRuNers, and most of them are really nice people. But some aren't, some have bad days, some post without thinking, and so on. And some of us tease or make fun of people, without it meaning to be malicious at all, and perhaps it comes out wrong.
Tiger Moth, you have as much right to be here as anyone else. Keep posting, keep listening, and keep flying!
(And I now just hope to hell the above comes out as I meant it to
)