While the signal to noise ratio in these newsgroups is indeed quite
low, if you know how to filter through the posts quickly, it can be a
highly valuable experience. For example, where else would you find an
indepth discussion on "logging vs acting PIC"? Does a CFI need a
second class medical for giving instruction? Can you log PIC time in
IMC if you are not IFR rated? Is it Bernoulli's theory or Newton's
theory that explains flight? What makes an airplane turn - horizontal
component of lift or weathervaning? I can go on and on... If you ask
the average pilot, they will most likely give you the wrong answer to
these questions. Why, even the FSDO has given me wrong answers. I
doubt anyone who reads this NG would not know the correct answers.




Larry Fransson wrote in message news:2003112920100843658%lfransson@comcastnet...
On 2003-11-29 14:24:11 -0800, "James Blakely" said:

For example, a year or so ago, someone by the name of Tracey was asking
about questions about the medical. It seemed that she was on some sort of
medication that may have been a problem. She posted for a good 3 or 6
months and then nothing.

She quit flying for a couple of reasons. Last she posted here, she was thinking
about starting again. Nothing since, though.

Speaking for myself, I quit reading and posting to newsgroups a couple of months
ago. It just took too much time out of my day with no real benefit that I could find.
That, and I kept getting drawn into OT threads, and I hate when that happens.
Again, too much time, no real benefit.

I only recently started reading and posting again because I'm beta testing a
newsreader. Once the beta testing is done, I'll disappear again.