Choices continued; Another great moderated pilots forum

On Jun 9, 2:32*pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Please note it is not my intention to destroy this forum by posting this
information.

A choice of forums is a good thing, not a bad thing. Informing others of
alternatives is a good thing, not a bad thing.

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum...isplay.php?f=5

http://www.purpleboard.net/~purplebo/forums/index.php

Thanks!

Sort of a public service announcement sort of thing as they say :-)

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Dudley Henriques

Since the subject has been raised, it is worth mentioning that AOPA
has Aviation-Themed forums on their website. You do have to be a
member to even read them (they are in the "Members" section). Dunno if
they are moderated or not, but they do seem to contain items worth
reading (IMHO).

Dave

Dave wrote:
On Jun 9, 2:32 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote:
Please note it is not my intention to destroy this forum by posting this
information.
A choice of forums is a good thing, not a bad thing. Informing others of
alternatives is a good thing, not a bad thing.
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum...isplay.php?f=5
http://www.purpleboard.net/~purplebo/forums/index.php
Thanks!
Sort of a public service announcement sort of thing as they say :-)

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Dudley Henriques

Since the subject has been raised, it is worth mentioning that AOPA
has Aviation-Themed forums on their website. You do have to be a
member to even read them (they are in the "Members" section). Dunno if
they are moderated or not, but they do seem to contain items worth
reading (IMHO).

Dave

The AOPA forums are indeed fine forums, although I believe you must be a
member of AOPA to access them. I'm not sure as well how membership in
AOPA is handled for international pilots wishing to access a moderated
forum.
I'm sure there are those here who have that answer handy and will comment.
I believe the current rate at AOPA is 39 dollars????????

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Dudley Henriques

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:28:50 GMT, "tater"
wrote:

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
...


Thanks, but I will remain right here.

Vaughn

With Bertie?


why not. Bertie is a sharp cookie in real life. I found Craig Wall to
be a very intelligent guy in real life as well.

really the problem is that some incompetents are blithly ignorant of
how incompetent they really are.
I would post in response to MX and Maxwell's stupidity as well but I
found it easier to delegate that task to bertie. I didnt have as much
access time.

Stealth Pilot

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

I believe the current rate at AOPA is 39 dollars????????

Which I pay happily, but I don't bother with their forums precisely because
they are member only, which limits the potential pool of participants.

Vaughn

Vaughn Simon wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:

I believe the current rate at AOPA is 39 dollars????????

Which I pay happily, but I don't bother with their forums precisely because
they are member only, which limits the potential pool of participants.

Vaughn



You go with what works for you personally. Sounds like Usenet is your
cup of tea; open, unmoderated, and no fees.
Enjoy!!

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Dudley Henriques

On Jun 9, 3:10*pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:

These two forums I have mentioned seem to be extremely well run and
controlled by very nice, involved in aviation at the ground root level,
people; in one case, a very nice family. These people have put up the
forum as a public service to aviation and as far as I can determine, are
* anything but "Big Kahunas".

Dudley, I have made a couple of passes through the POA forum and the
knowlege base seems to be pretty shallow. Whats worse is that POA
appears to be moderated by a couple of very inexperienced pilots.
Nothing against inexperience of course but should they be calling
shots with debates involving CFIs and ATPs AIs etc ? The strict
conduct code over there seems to result in watered down small talk. If
I want to disagree with someone and post an oposing view I shouldnt
have my post edited or deleted by someone who is not qualified to make
the call. Good luck over there and I will check out your other link.
Thanks
FB

F. Baum wrote:
On Jun 9, 3:10 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
These two forums I have mentioned seem to be extremely well run and
controlled by very nice, involved in aviation at the ground root level,
people; in one case, a very nice family. These people have put up the
forum as a public service to aviation and as far as I can determine, are
anything but "Big Kahunas".

Dudley, I have made a couple of passes through the POA forum and the
knowlege base seems to be pretty shallow. Whats worse is that POA
appears to be moderated by a couple of very inexperienced pilots.
Nothing against inexperience of course but should they be calling
shots with debates involving CFIs and ATPs AIs etc ? The strict
conduct code over there seems to result in watered down small talk. If
I want to disagree with someone and post an oposing view I shouldnt
have my post edited or deleted by someone who is not qualified to make
the call. Good luck over there and I will check out your other link.
Thanks
FB

So far, this has not been my experience, but time will tell.
Don't know where you got the stats on the forum moderators. I don't have
that information.
I think you have the wrong perspective on how these forums are moderated.
I've yet to see a moderator on either forum edit or delete a post based
on the moderator's judgment on who is right and who is wrong. Only
obvious bad behavior, vitriolic posts and ad hominem attacks are
"moderated" by the control board.
As far as I can determine, you can agree or disagree with anyone on
these forums with free abandon as long as you do it politely and in a
friendly manner.
Can't address the registration problem except to say that POA was hacked
yesterday and they thought they sorted it all back out last night.
All is perfectly normal on my end and I'm having no issues today at all.
Personally, I've found the experience quite satisfying so far.
You'll have to make your own assessment of course.

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Dudley Henriques

As far as I can determine, you can agree or disagree with anyone on
these forums with free abandon as long as you do it politely and in a
friendly manner.
Can't address the registration problem except to say that POA was hacked
yesterday and they thought they sorted it all back out last night.
All is perfectly normal on my end and I'm having no issues today at all.
Personally, I've found the experience quite satisfying so far.
You'll have to make your own assessment of course.

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Dudley Henriques

Dudley I'm going to agree with you. I joined about a week ago
and have already been in a heated discussion (politics), but no
name calling, no made up cuss words, and nobody cutting me off and
removing my post. I do wish they had a bigger homebuilt area.
See you on POA.
Lou

Lou wrote:
As far as I can determine, you can agree or disagree with anyone on
these forums with free abandon as long as you do it politely and in a
friendly manner.
Can't address the registration problem except to say that POA was hacked
yesterday and they thought they sorted it all back out last night.
All is perfectly normal on my end and I'm having no issues today at all.
Personally, I've found the experience quite satisfying so far.
You'll have to make your own assessment of course.

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Dudley Henriques

Dudley I'm going to agree with you. I joined about a week ago
and have already been in a heated discussion (politics), but no
name calling, no made up cuss words, and nobody cutting me off and
removing my post. I do wish they had a bigger homebuilt area.
See you on POA.
Lou


I'll look for you there :-)

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Dudley Henriques

On Jun 11, 11:51*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:

So far, this has not been my experience, but time will tell.
Don't know where you got the stats on the forum moderators. I don't have
that information.

Here is what I have seen on POA. When someone posts a question there
is the same small group of the same respondents who have nothing
usefull to add but they always respond anyways. Just like MX would do.
Also, people at POA like to flaunt their qualifications as if that
really means something or lends them higher credibility. Heck, around
here I have seen student pilots give valid answers to posts. There
have been about 6 or 7 posters claiming to be adminstators and most of
their profiles said PPL. I dont think it will be worthwhile for me but
good luck.
FB