Boy have I been away too long.
I am a moderator on the seemingly much meligned Avcanada site. It is interesting to me that people would rather come in here and desparage this site than to actually add anything constructive by way of pm or even a note to the webmaster.
I found avcanada by doing a google search, it was on the first page of the search. I bring this up as I had a son, who at the time was probably under age and interested in an aviation career. I was doing a bit of research into the prospects and general feel for the industry in terms of a career choice only to find a site that presents as legit filled with porn links. I'm no prude but honestly? A site supposedly associated with professionals and this is what I find. Kids can access this site! I complained and have been a mod ever since (careful what you complain about I guess is the lesson).
A lot of things have changed. As with must of these forums you have your focal minorities that seem to monopolize most threads, thread stealers and all round trouble makers. We do our best with what we have in the time we can allow keeping in mind that it is time donated to a site that runs on donations. The rules are clearly defined and for those of you who have had threads pulled, anytime I have done so it has been based on clearly difined rules being broken, I can't speak for anyone else, just me.
Now I see much time has past since this thread was started and though I fear rekindling the debate, I just wanted to defend myself as many who post of Avcanada know who I am. In a perfect world moderators would not be neccessary, our site is not perfect. I'm sure those that moderate on here would echo these sentiments.