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Old April 10th 05, 07:16 PM
OtisWinslow
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They announced they were shutting it down on Monday. Supposedly it's going
to reopen in about "4 to 6" weeks. In the mean time they say they're going
to "upgrade" it but they haven't decided what software because their
lawyers are looking at ways to tighten up the rules and protect them. This
came about because they were unable (or unwilling) to control a couple rogue
members. (One of them no longer flies and has open contempt for those of us
who still do, and the other one was one of those who caused the demise
of AvWeb). So AOPA takes this resource away from ALL members
because it lacked the courage to deal with the trouble makers. Unbelievable.
I'm betting we never see it again.



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Old April 10th 05, 08:26 PM
Jay Honeck
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I'm betting we never see it again.

I never even knew it existed.
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Old April 10th 05, 09:30 PM
Matt Barrow
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"Jim Burns" wrote in message
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I took the trouble of logging into it once...my opinion was less than
favorable and I never went back
Jim


For what it's worth, AVSIG is much better.





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Old April 10th 05, 11:09 PM
Jim Burns
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I took the trouble of logging into it once...my opinion was less than
favorable and I never went back
Jim

"OtisWinslow" wrote in message
...
They announced they were shutting it down on Monday. Supposedly it's going
to reopen in about "4 to 6" weeks. In the mean time they say they're going
to "upgrade" it but they haven't decided what software because their
lawyers are looking at ways to tighten up the rules and protect them. This
came about because they were unable (or unwilling) to control a couple

rogue
members. (One of them no longer flies and has open contempt for those of

us
who still do, and the other one was one of those who caused the demise
of AvWeb). So AOPA takes this resource away from ALL members
because it lacked the courage to deal with the trouble makers.

Unbelievable.
I'm betting we never see it again.





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Old April 10th 05, 11:12 PM
Bob Gardner
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The demise of Avweb? I log on every Monday and Thursday...how does what I
look at differ from what you refer to?

Bob Gardner

"OtisWinslow" wrote in message
...
They announced they were shutting it down on Monday. Supposedly it's going
to reopen in about "4 to 6" weeks. In the mean time they say they're going
to "upgrade" it but they haven't decided what software because their
lawyers are looking at ways to tighten up the rules and protect them. This
came about because they were unable (or unwilling) to control a couple
rogue
members. (One of them no longer flies and has open contempt for those of
us
who still do, and the other one was one of those who caused the demise
of AvWeb). So AOPA takes this resource away from ALL members
because it lacked the courage to deal with the trouble makers.
Unbelievable.
I'm betting we never see it again.





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Old April 11th 05, 12:47 AM
Kyle Boatright
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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The demise of Avweb? I log on every Monday and Thursday...how does what I
look at differ from what you refer to?

Bob Gardner


My guess...

Until 5 (?) or so years ago, Avweb was informative and irreverant. There
was a chuckle in every issue. Then, there was a change of management and
the irreverance and humor disappeared in the first issue, never to return.



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Old April 11th 05, 04:49 AM
Greg Esres
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For what it's worth, AVSIG is much better.

It was 5 years ago. Now there's zero training activity on that forum.
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Old April 11th 05, 04:50 AM
Dave Stadt
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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The demise of Avweb? I log on every Monday and Thursday...how does what I
look at differ from what you refer to?

Bob Gardner


The current AvWeb is a mere shadow of what it was. The new owners made it
"better."




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Old April 11th 05, 10:00 AM
Thomas Borchert
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Greg,

For what it's worth, AVSIG is much better.

It was 5 years ago. Now there's zero training activity on that forum.


It was - until they moved it to a web forum. I don't know what it is
people like about web forums, but coming from offline newsreaders I just
can't get the hang of them other than to do a quick look up of a support
problem.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

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Old April 11th 05, 11:38 AM
Cub Driver
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:26:11 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I'm betting we never see it again.


I never even knew it existed.


I find the AOPA website very user-unfriendly. It insists that my
browser doesn't allow cookies, though it does, so every log-in is a
two-step process to find the alternative system for logging in without
a cookie.

I once complained to AOPA about this, and got an email suggesting that
I telephone and let the guy "walk you through" the process. I didn't
bother. The solution to unfriendly websites is not to use them.


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