Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer

Capt:

This should not be a surprise for you.

While the US Constitution gives us freedom of speech, it doesn't mean you can say anything you want.

The APC Terms of Service give you a venue to express your viewpoint, but it doesn't mean you can say whatever you want.

I agree with your points above in that the thread was indeed controversial or emotional, and (at first) it was informative or educational.

But it didn't stay there. It devolved into a very ugly arena of name-calling, accusations, allegations, racism, and race-baiting. Frankly, I found it embarrassing that these were posts by "professional" airline pilots.

It wasn't constructive debate. It was destructive. we don't need to further divide the UAL/CAL contract fight against the Company into "Race-A UAL / Race-B CAL /Race-A Cal /Race-C UAL, etc. Unity.

As an APC user, you are bound to the TOS. I've excerpted appropriate sections below. The bottom line is:

1. There are rules of decorum on this site.
2. You have to abide by them.
3. Posts that violate TOS can be deleted.
4. If it doesn't suit your purposes, find another site.

Multiple posts by multiple people violated the four bullet points at the bottom. It was easier to delete the whole thread than violate multiple users.

I didn't delete it, but brought it to the attention of someone much higher in the food-chain. He felt the same as I did.

Highlights below added by me: