We may be 5th, but there's no doubt that this is the most interesting forum on PPRuNe.
1) JetBlast. There's such a wide range of topics on here, I can't believe anyone can be interested in all of them. Sometimes I follow most of the active threads, sometimes only one or two, but never all of them
2) Reporting points. Yawn. Who really cares which airline is buying which other airline. I spend enough time in my job sitting at desk worrying about work-related things. Ok, there's the occassional thread that's actually about flying, but this whole topic is more about politics than flying.
3) Wannabes. A very varied forum. Ranges from genuinely interesting questions about getting a license, through to the repetitive "I want to be a pilot, what should I do?", through to industry-watching and job-hunting. Personally, I'm interested in getting an ATPL, but I'm not yet interested in job-hunting. Once I've got an ATPL(f), I imagine that will change. Can't see too many people being interested in every single thread, although most of the threads are actually useful and relevant
4) Southwest Airlines. How the hell did this get to be no. 4? I can't believe there are more Soutwest bods out there than wannabes - they must just be a talkative lot!
5) Private flying - the creme de la creme. Almost every post is about flying, which is what we're all interested in. It's rare that there are more than one or two active threads that I'm not interested in on this forum. Doesn't matter whether it's a student struggling to go solo, someone wanting information on a rare type, or people recounting flying stories from the previous weekend or the previous decade - let's talk about flying, and talk about it like we enjoy it!
So I, personally, don't care what the stats say - Private Flying is number 1, and let's keep it there!
FFF
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