"Happy Dog" wrote in message
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"Steven P. McNicoll"

I didn't say it was a "USA group". I said it's assumed that people are
posting from the USA unless they make it known otherwise. That's a
reasonable assumption because the participants are overwhelmingly from
the US.

Define "overwhelming". Then back your claim with figures. Even if it's
90%, that's no excuse for the intellectual laziness of "reasonable
assumption" and it hardly makes it incumbent on any non-US participant to
make an overt reference to their non-US status. Your suggestion is
idiotic, unnecessary and recommended by nobody but you. Your lack of
presumption is touching, though.

moo


It's not snobbery but rather history that makes Steven's claim true.

Go Google this group and you'll see that an "overwhelming" number of posts
discuss flying in the US, by US pilots at US airports under US regulations.

I don't think it's unfair to ask non-US pilots to mention the fact that
their stories, comments and/or critiques are based on non-US regulations,
laws or customs.

I see it like this: We all speak "aviation" here, but Canadian and European
pilots have an accent.

FWIW,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ