more real experience
and knowledge than perhaps any and all of all those who have somehow got to become "moderators"
Perhaps the knowledge and experience that is considered appropriate to be and act as a moderator, is only partly aviation based, and also socially based.
Like it or not, PPRuNe, and AvCanada are someone's "private" entities, and we are all self invited guests. Thus, we mere posters, HAVE AGREED TO, and are bound by the rules of conduct of the website.
Knowledge and experience are super, and very appreciated, but if their delivery is demeaning and painful for no good reason, the benefits can be quite compromised. Why would aspiring aviators, and one day skygods themselves, want to spend their time participating in a forum where they are frequently being put down? Yes, I have replied with little empathy too a few times, but cutting someone down to nothing is un-necessary, and if needed, is the mod's job, not that of another poster.
The moderators maintain the tone to which all members agreed when they signed up. I have been "moderated" in the past, and did not like it, as have many, but ultimately, the moderators do the best that they can, and without their volunteer efforts, these forums would not be a nice place to spent time....