Thank you everyone for the feedback, even the negative comments, since that’s part of the messy process of getting it right. Hopefully my responses clear up some of the concerns and questions, plus a little insight into what we are trying to do:

+ A little background on the redesign and why it was needed: the original airline profiles were built on a very old content management system (“CMS”) that is now obsolete and had to be retired to be compatible with today’s internet standards and user behavior.

+ While switching to a new CMS platform, we felt it was time to modernize the design to make it easier to find the information (e.g. ability to search for a specific airline profile) while still keeping the structure and actual content exactly the same as the old site.

+ We apologize for any typos or incorrect data that made it into the payscales or profiles during the transition; we had to manually enter the payscale data into the database and clearly some human error occurred in the process. We are cleaning up the errors right now and we appreciate all of you who have submitted updated information via emails and the "have an update" form; please continue to do so!

+ Thank you crewdawg for pointing out that the payscales are now listed left to right alphabetically by equipment type instead of banded by highest pay rate; we are working to fix that right now.

+ A look ahead: In the near future we will consolidate the Airline Pilot Central brand by unifying the site header (the very top of the page) across the forum and profiles, but the overall forum layout and functionality will not change. Also, now that we have the payscale, equipment and domicile data in a database, we can build enhanced searching and analysis tools for you to use e.g. search for highest pay rate for a specific equipment type, or all the airlines that fly 777s. We are working on this now and welcome any suggestions for useful and helpful search tools.

We hope you all will continue to use AirlinePilotCentral as a resource for hiring/pay information, articles (new ones will be published more regularly) and other helpful resources.

Most importantly, the site is only as strong as the contributions from you, so please keep the submissions and suggestions coming in. Thank you.

-Steve (aka Gilbola aka the product/business guy @ IB)