From Pprune Towers gaff on the banning thread, it was extremely easy to identify GTE's true identity which I find disturbing for a start.
Furthermore, there are trolls, spotters, troublemakers and journalists who frequent these forums but GTE is none of these. He has contributed hugely to numerous threads with an informed, professional and considered style and the forum will be all the poorer for his departure.
I, for one, will be deleting my profile if he is not re-instated. I fully realise that Towers et al will not care one jot if I leave but I find this heavy-handed moderation unacceptable. I have been a member of pprune for over ten years but I have never felt more strongly over a forum issue.