Av Canada - The Colonel

[treykule]

When I read the now locked AvCanada thread, the post that struck me as the most insightful was posted by Niss.

You can be the absolute best pilot in the world, but that does not give you the right to PM people and tell them off in the foulest language possible, or threaten them.

You can be the best stick and rudder pikot around, but posting selfies on every thread regardless of the topic, gets a bit tiring for most.

And you can be a super specialist in one section of the aviation workd, but that does not give you the right to be condescending to the other sectors.

Being a certifable whack a doodle, even if it does not reflect your personality in real life, offends enough people that maybe the number who would leave because of his being banned was far less than the number who would leave if he stayed.
Personally, I waded through what I felt were his immature comments to mine the gems of his knowledge, but I have to admit, sometimes it was a challange.

In any event, the AvCanada folks did not want him on their site, and that is the end of it. I am sure that after the colonel has given it some deep thought that we will enjoy what he has to offer here.

As far as TC goes, I think a few years ago their enforcement division got out of hand, and it became a case of them vs us, and they had unlimited resources and a big gang to target individuals. Fear , not respect, was the order of the day.
And many good people got clobbered by their abuse, and I suspect much of it may still be lingering as some of those involved actually got promoted
Perhaps, I am just out of the scene, but the sense I get, is that for the most part,the complaints about TC are diminishing. Though in sny large organization a few circle.dot types are going tobget hired...such is the way of the world.
I do hope the col.does a bit of soul searching and we can all benefit from his knowledge and experience