r.a.ifr barely alive

Back in 1998 when I got my rating, rec.aviation.ifr was beaming with
activities. There were at least a dozen new threads getting posted
every day.

Where is everybody? I know GA flying is down but the traffic drop in
r.a.ifr is a lot worse than say r.a.piloting. Maybe we all became
dumber after a decade of IFR flying with GPS?

M wrote:
Back in 1998 when I got my rating, rec.aviation.ifr was beaming with
activities. There were at least a dozen new threads getting posted
every day.

Where is everybody? I know GA flying is down but the traffic drop in
r.a.ifr is a lot worse than say r.a.piloting. Maybe we all became
dumber after a decade of IFR flying with GPS?


Unmoderated fight sites with fired ex-FAA racist employees become old
stuff after awhile.

M wrote:
Back in 1998 when I got my rating, rec.aviation.ifr was beaming with
activities. There were at least a dozen new threads getting posted
every day.

Where is everybody? I know GA flying is down but the traffic drop in
r.a.ifr is a lot worse than say r.a.piloting. Maybe we all became
dumber after a decade of IFR flying with GPS?


Everytime I ask a question on this group I get an amazingly nasty
response, and often, the new favorite insult is to accuse people of
being flight simulator pilots (vs. real).

When I fly, I run into people who are nicer than average (I just got
invited to a nice tour of a facility where they were rebuilding
ex-military jets the other weekend).

What goes on here, I have no clue for.

Scott Moore wrote:
Everytime I ask a question on this group I get an amazingly nasty
response, and often, the new favorite insult is to accuse people of
being flight simulator pilots (vs. real).


That is a direct response to a plague of postings in the other aviation
newsgroups from a prolific troll. He posts a seemingly reasonable question,
then argues with the people who answer him. That wouldn't be bad in itself
except he's never flown and has stated he never will. The people who answer him
have.

And the newbies can't tell them apart....




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

Scott Moore writes:

Everytime I ask a question on this group I get an amazingly nasty
response, and often, the new favorite insult is to accuse people of
being flight simulator pilots (vs. real).

This helps the person doing the insulting hide the fact that he doesn't know
anything about IFR flight. There are lots of low-time pilots without
instrument ratings on these groups, and many of them are insecure and
aggressive.

When I fly, I run into people who are nicer than average (I just got
invited to a nice tour of a facility where they were rebuilding
ex-military jets the other weekend).

What goes on here, I have no clue for.

Two different populations.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Scott Moore writes:

Everytime I ask a question on this group I get an amazingly nasty
response, and often, the new favorite insult is to accuse people of
being flight simulator pilots (vs. real).

This helps the person doing the insulting hide the fact that he
doesn't know anything about IFR flight. There are lots of low-time
pilots without instrument ratings on these groups, and many of them
are insecure and aggressive.

When I fly, I run into people who are nicer than average (I just got
invited to a nice tour of a facility where they were rebuilding
ex-military jets the other weekend).

What goes on here, I have no clue for.

Two different populations.

You're not a pilot. All you do is regurgiate stuff you've read without any
understanding of how it applies in the real world. You've never flown a
real aircraft IFR and have no idea what it is like. You just fantasize.

Helen Waite writes:

You're not a pilot. All you do is regurgiate stuff you've read without any
understanding of how it applies in the real world. You've never flown a
real aircraft IFR and have no idea what it is like. You just fantasize.

I thought my point was clear enough without the illustration, but thanks,
anyway.

On May 10, 6:09 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Helen Waite writes:
You're not a pilot. All you do is regurgiate stuff you've read without any
understanding of how it applies in the real world. You've never flown a
real aircraft IFR and have no idea what it is like. You just fantasize.

I thought my point was clear enough without the illustration, but thanks,
anyway.

She wasn't illustrating your point, but I can see why you'd "think"
she was.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Scott Moore writes:

Everytime I ask a question on this group I get an amazingly nasty
response, and often, the new favorite insult is to accuse people of
being flight simulator pilots (vs. real).

This helps the person doing the insulting hide the fact that he doesn't know
anything about IFR flight.

How much IFR time do you have, MX?

There are lots of low-time pilots without
instrument ratings on these groups, and many of them are insecure and
aggressive.


So, is your instrument rating current?

-c

gatt writes:

How much IFR time do you have, MX?

In the sim? Probably a couple thousand hours. I don't log it.

How much IMC time do you have?