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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? |
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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. |
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"Bill Watson" wrote in message
Unmoderated fight sites with fired ex-FAA racist employees become old stuff after awhile. Yep, what he said. Add to that the spam that's becoming more of a problem throughout Usenet and it's no wonder folks are opting for registration-only sites like the AOPA forums. -- John T http://sage1solutions.com/blogs/TknoFlyer http://sage1solutions.com/products NEW! FlyteBalance v2.0 (W&B); FlyteLog v2.0 (Logbook) ____________________ |
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John T wrote:
"Bill Watson" wrote in message Unmoderated fight sites with fired ex-FAA racist employees become old stuff after awhile. Yep, what he said. Add to that the spam that's becoming more of a problem throughout Usenet and it's no wonder folks are opting for registration-only sites like the AOPA forums. Not all Usenet Groups have this problem. A telecom group I use does not require registration but it is moderated. The posts don't appear until the moderation first reads and clears them. Granted, a registration group works even better. |
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"Sam Spade" wrote in message
Add to that the spam that's becoming more of a problem throughout Usenet and it's no wonder folks are opting for registration-only sites like the AOPA forums. Not all Usenet Groups have this problem. A telecom group I use does not require registration but it is moderated. The posts don't appear until the moderation first reads and clears them. True, but the only r.a.* group I know is moderated is the .stories group. -- John T http://sage1solutions.com/blogs/TknoFlyer http://sage1solutions.com/products NEW! FlyteBalance v2.0 (W&B); FlyteLog v2.0 (Logbook) ____________________ |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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r.a.ifr barely alive
"Everytime I ask a question on this group I get an amazingly nasty
response..." It's been the opposite for me. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've asked a couple of technical questions about IFR procedures and received correct answers within minutes! And no nasty responses, either. The traffic on this group is low, but the signal to noise ratio is much higher than on the other rec.aviation.xxxxxxx groups I read. Dennis |
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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. |
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