Originally Posted by
Captain Bligh
Does anyone screen new APC account applicants for credentials? For crying out loud! Some of these people are asking questions a private pilot should know. Clearly the AIM is a document that can be researched online. It's fine to lurk as a non-pilot, but the 3 page posts of nothing but elementary questions about SAR and other established procedures contribute nothing to the discussion.
Mods can anything be done here?
Generally everyone's given the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. If someone demonstrates "twelve-ish" behavior, or constantly interjects themselves into discussions well out of their depth we can restrict them to the noob forums.
But this thing we're talking about here...I don't mind if we provide some perspective to John Q, PPLs, or even reporters. They'll probably get better info here than than on tinfoilforums.com