The posts that were removed were resultant of my post which was admittedly over the line... which is standard procedure with any thread. It keeps the train wreck from piling up too far.
It was my post that was over the line, and thus removed... SWA and Oscars posts were fine... it was just going nowhere worthwhile and needed to be taken to PM as it eventually was. Speaking of... Oscar, I've been meaning to get back to you. Learning this frenchie airplane is taking up a lot of my time.
No fiefdom here... And someone has got to have a pretty miserable life if they derive any "power" from being a moderator.