Rusland thank you for the feedback but with all due respect it was not me who named this forum. Maybe you should contact one of the Mods re your views?
How people view nicknames/use of smilies etc is very personal to them. I wouldn't imagine for one minute anyone involved in the naming of this forum at PPrune wants to cause offence and niether do I so apologies on my behalf if I have done so. Also you will hear passengers on this forum refer to
themselves as the SLF so not everyone minds this term.
Actually in the 21 years I have been around aviation I had never heard this term until I joined PPrune this year. I think it's just meant tongue in cheek....nothing more. Thats certainly how I mean it
P.S I don't know it was PPrune who named this forum. I'm just guessing but I'm sure a mod will know