I don't see why you'd think you're more safe now than if a section were kept more private for aviators only. The fact that you can be viewed by anyone has already made it simple enough to have you taken out of context. You wouldn't notice any difference than how it already is. Keep current screen names just validate flight status basically. If you used an email to create this account, which all of you have, all the information anyone would ever need is readily available except right now your posts are for all the world to see. All this idea would do is protect you more. You'd still be ehe2 just in a private section.


You guys that say "I'd keep my opinions more to myself if I were traceable" must not realize that you can EASILY be found by the current means. Weren't we just talking about how people posting youtube videos were being hunted down??? Think about it. If you registered for this site using your email that can be traced. Your identity can already be found. Once found it can be cross referenced against the FAA database etc. You are not safer by any means. I had the FAA contact me because of a post made years ago on FI about an incident I witnessed. Another user felt the incident should have been reported so they contacted the FAA on the whistle blower and just referred to my post out of concern. The FAA called me shortly after(couple days) on my cell phone. So they managed to trace my email, find out my name, then use that to find my cell phone number to call me and get my story on the event I saw take place.

Read my above post on how to register and be validated without anyone's identity being given. Make it just like the NASA form system, except all electronic, and there's no way to find out who's who. validate the info, give the ID# approval, delete ID# number after approvals are given. Original user keeps receipt of ID approval while his real name was never connected with his online name.