Goodbye PPRUNE...
 

Right, thats it..

Yet another incident that has resulted in the death of someone (see the thread about the Yemeni Capt passing away at LHR), has been (AGAIN) reduced to a slagging match between a bunch of people who quite clearly have no interest in the airline industry, or a shred of human decency. This is happening all the time now on PPRUNE, and I'm fed up with reading it. Please Capt pprune, delete me from this board, so that I can avoid the temptation to read it again.

Without wishing to sound like a winging old git, PPRUNE used to be an excellent source of airline news and gossip, and all postings would recieve a fair hearing. Sadly this is no longer the case. All posts get hijacked by the 'usual suspects' who drag everything down to the lowest common denominator. They seem to take great joy in slagging any view that does not fit in with their narrow view of the world.

This is NOT a criticism of the moderators of the forums, who do a bloody good job of keeping on top of everything. It just seems that with 30000+ members the forum has maybe exceeded it's capacity?

Anyway, I'm sure no-one will miss me, but I really felt I had to make my view heard. I am sure there are others out there who share it.

Thankyou Danny et.al. You helped me get my first flying job in 1997, and I really appreciate all you have done.

Cheers..

Busta Level...

Busta, you make a very good point. I too am annoyed, saddened, and/or angered by the postings of, as you so correctly stated, "a bunch of people who quite clearly have no interest in the airline industry, or a shred of human decency".

Wouldn't it be nice if the people who "contribute" to this site followed the example of earlier posters. People used to pride themselves on debating the issues, rather than attacking each other. There was still a sense of "the art of debate", in that people could disagree strongly about certain topics but could still conduct discussions in a very respectful fashion.

You're right ... admins and moderators work hard. It's tough at times to walk that fine line between (a) keeping the bulletin board in a reasonable condition for the majority of readers, and (b) perceived censorship. (You wouldn't believe how many people scream "censorship" at the first suggestion that a post is out of order.)

I don't know what else to say to you, because no matter how many PPRuNers maintain a high standard of dignity in their posts, there will always be a few individuals who insist on drawing attention to themselves through their infantile postings. It's a shame that they need attention so badly, and that they can't rise to a higher standard, but I suppose such is life on a BB such as this.

... of course, you do know that even if Capt P "removes" you from this board, it won't stop you from reading the forums :D Can you really stay away? Or will you end up like the rest of us who find ourselves permanently attached to this site? ;)

I totally support Busta Level in this. In addition to the Yemeni skipper thread, we now have the same sort of thing on the UK Chief Pilots & 'Old Boy's' thread. Absolutely bloody disgraceful. Makes me feel ashamed, dirty almost. Yuk! :mad: :mad: :mad:

I also concur heartily with the sentiments expressed by Busta Level, McD, Tilii and over on the Chief Pilot and 'Old Boys Network' thread HoltCJ.

In fact, the latter sums things up very aptly when he says:

I laboured under a misapprehension pilots were all professionals, possessing all the requisite characteristics inherent in being so described. There are, I concede, a handful of contributors to this site who display those qualities, but the vast majority are clearly a squabbling, puerile, rabble with a very poor grasp of language and an even poorer grasp of what constitutes professional conduct, even good manners.

Busta level, I sure can sympathize with you. The thing is, life is a big fight, call it a survival fight ;)

There was a long thread a few months ago about having only airline pros on the site. I don't want to revive the
idea here, but the whole thing wasn't so much out of line, was it?

As for you Guv, I rather feel your comments misplaced. Reading your comments in the thread "9 injured in emergency landing..." sure doesn't qualify you as either airline pro, nor as a sensible and measured person :o

I can agree with the comments but I am in the middle of a series of night flights and have only just managed to finish all the admin work since waking up and now don't have time to check the forums. So please be patient and if there are threads that are going well off topic or being hijacked by the usual bunch of 'stirrers' or xenophobic types who are not welcome here they will be dealt with.

This is another topic which doesn't belong in this forum and so takes up more time to move it somewhere more appropriate and means less time to check forums and I now have to go get ready for my night flight!
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