How did this thread deteriorate so quickly and so thoroughly?
PPRuNe is a mess. My father-in-law brags how he starts threads, for god's sake. He, like many others it seems, is retired, knows absolutely nothing about flying and yet maintains a PPRuNe 'handle'.
There are few pilots left here to contribute. Those that do tear their hair out at the stupidity and lack of logic employed by contributors who have no idea about aviation - in general or in minute detail.
Moderators wax on about how the site needs contributions from non-aviators, which translates to 'we're ineffective at stopping this trend'. To that end, they're right. Which serves to prove by extension that this site fails pilots.
SIA is a fine company, populated by diligent pilots who strive to maintain a high standard. This thread does nothing to reflect that.