Fantastic news Ghengis. :ok::ok::ok:

I have purposefully tread very carefully to get where we are today with that unmentioned poster, and have desperately tried to separate the issues when they have been raised here.

Behind the scenes here, you were being rooted for. Great to have you back and personal thanks for your contributions. :):ok:

Best news of the Week.:D
Welcome back
Mike Echo

Good to see you back .... :D :ok:

I might start to learn something again while I'm eating my sarnie ....:}

I'll Second that!!!

Welcome back!

Good to have you back GtH ! not sure about whats gone on but your absence was obviously keenly felt, always good to have your sane posts along with the usual heavy weights. (you guys know who you are), Even Mad Jock who still take the piss out of my airborne arachnophobia. you all make my flying experiences that much richer.

Thank you.

FK

Welcome Back!
 

Welcome back Genghis.

I haven't the foggiest idea why you were banned, but I feel sure it cannot have been deserved.

This forum has been showing clears signs of long term decline for some time. I think your return will surely contribute to any possible turnaround for Pprune Private Flying.

Regards,

BroomstickPilot.

May I enquire as to why you were banned?

Seems stupid, as you've helped me out on pretty much every thread I've made, or any question I've had. You really are a true knowledge centre when it comes to the world of aviation.

There's plenty out there about this, but in a nutshell, I was a moderator who objected to the activities - particularly here on the private flying thread - of somebody using PPrune for very public investigations into alleged nefarious / criminal / dangerous activities. In the fuss about that, I discussed that person's identity with several people privately.

That (both my objections, and the private discussion about identity) was objected to by a friend of his, a senior mod. He banned me.

It turned out in retrospect, that the person whose activities I objected to was a convicted con-artist, who had taken a lot of people in, and who was using Pprune as his "shop window" to support in particular various lucrative bits of fraud (proven to my satisfaction although not yet in a court of law) and blackmail (allegedly, not proven to my satisfaction or in a court of law as yet). He's now under police investigation. The identity he was using which I had discussed offline was also false.

About 6 months later when the real facts about this character were very well known, Internet Brands (although not the moderator who banned me) apologised to me and re-instated me as a "normal member" of Pprune.

G

And as the old adage states, you really could'nt make it up.

Really glad it has worked out, of sorts, in the end.

Although, a lot of posts disappeared in the process:hmm:

Put it all down to experience..

What a mess!
Part of it seems to have involved "revealing" the real name of a pseudonymous member which gives me the cue to continue banging on about the majority of contributors who are not willing to face the accountability of posting in their own names.
Since a lot of what we do in aviation (or in my case did . . ) depends on the professional responsibility of large numbers of other people I expected this forum would be conducted by identifiable people. I cannot say I was impressed to find it is not and that in many cases the thought processes seem to match the "teenager's bedroom" quality of the pseudonyms.

Rant over and I must make it clear that this is not to be taken as an attack on Genghis, as he shows he has a responsible attitude and a straight and level aeronautical mind and I assume he has professional reasons for not using his own name.

No offence taken. But in general terms I imagine that my reasons for preferring anonymity (or in reality, dual identity, as my real name isn't that secret, but I will nonetheless never state it on any BB where I post as Genghis), are pretty similar to most other people's, which are:-

- I work across several bits of aviation, but have expertise in others and other fields that's less evident. Given that, I'd rather be judged on my words and any bulletin-board reputation, than my reputation and associations elsewhere.

- Plausible deniability for my boss should I occasionally post in working hours.

- Not wanting anything I say to be seen as the formal view of any organisation I may happen to be an officer of.

I don't think I'm at-all unusual in that.

It's interesting to compare however PPrune (or Flyer, or Euro-GA) to non-anonymous BBs. The anonymous boards (or should we say, optionally anonymous boards) are generally much healthier in terms of discussions.

G

I know of forums where people have to use their full name and all that happens is they make one up e.g. Steve Smith.

Nice to see you back G.

About time!

Peter

Agreed but at least the site administrators should know the identity of the posters?

Those who wish to identify their qualifications and have them verified should have the privalege of carrying a qualification Emblem ie PPL! Instructor! CPL, ATP engineer etc alongside their names.

Those who do not wish to be verified would remain blank and hence suspect!

Con artists and Crooks like Kevin Crellin Alias Golden Eagle Pilot I am afraid will always be able to con the Forum administrators but at least aviation advice will be given by people qualified to do so

Pace

Welcome back young Ghengster from wherever you were exiled to (was it like the Phantom Zone?) Your first task is to organise another Prune fly in....:}

Welcome Genghis the Engineer from Banningland!:)

Most of modern air safety problems result of Lying leaders.

Your "Banned" logo and Banning was the price You paid to show that a few of them were throwing their low moral profile threats and blackmails on a very large majority of weaker actors.
It was one of your most important contribution on PPRuNe and other sites. Thank you for your courage.:ok:

Coming back from Banningland is now your most important contribution showing with PPRuNe's Administators that Your combat is sustainable and able to get victorious. :D

Thank you Genghis the Engineer!
Thank you PPRuNe

roulishollandais

Personally I'll hold off the "thank you Pprune" until Ghengis is restored as our moderator.

Given all that has happened, and the fact that he apparently got an apology from Pprune, it seem incredible that he's not been restored as our moderator.

Perhaps he's had enough of being an unpaid 5h1t shoveller....wouldn't blame him in the least. :)

Thanks again for the votes of confidence.

I've said that I am prepared to be a moderator again, and that I hope I added value previously. Over to the current management of PPrune from that point. There are worse and more thankless jobs than sh1t-shovelling, but few people actively apply for the job!

G