The over control is a thing that perturbs a lot of us. Robust debate should always be expected, covering an extensive array of major issues and minutia, for this is indeed the serious side of this website.
As Kharon has implied, the sheer weight of numbers reflected in the
recorded visits to some of those threads , speaks volumes for
the extent of public and non-public interest.
Would a post here, extracted from the 'Concerned Aviator' blog,
referring to the Cairns to Canberra Caravan, survive?
(edited to reduce risk of deletion)
Examples of the problem:
A classic that I researched was the "CAIRNS TO CANBERRA ANTI-CORRUPTION CARAVAN"
In this case, the original PPRuNe thread, (Mark 1) , had nearly 9,000 views in 10 days, , a very large interest from a thread that started with no-notice on 8th October 2014. The detractors, then had the thread removed, not locked, as was the case with Mark 2.
There were a number of people who “outed themselves” and their PPRuNe identities. These people are well known as people who have been given “..inside runs..”.
Serious new information was gained by the caravan in it’s travels.
From the reports in at the time, the caravan achieved it's aims. This was the first time an event like this had been undertaken on a private basis. It certainly showed what can be done.
One of the caravan participants told the author that the Lockhart River issue does not appear to have been resolved. Also that new information has been discovered.
When this was posted on the PPRuNe site, the usual suspects rolled in, including an individual who allegedly was involved in cover-ups.
There were those who conspired to stop what was, potentially, a most effective operation to expose the corruption. It would be interesting to know who was putting pressure on these individuals to make the posts. Looking at the current situation, with the locking of a series of threads, ones which have attracted enormous interest, ones that looked at the ASRR and Senate matters, these threads have had almost 1,500,000 reads since their commencement.
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FRANK . . .. . don't give up . . .. . don't say NRMA (nothing really matters anymore)