Originally Posted by
vagabond
Time for my annual reality check/feedback extravaganza. With the great increase of new members and a concomitant increase in lurkers and view-only people, I am curious to know the following:
1) What does APC mean to you (assuming it means anything at all)?
2) How often do you log on here?
3) What is your favorite activity while here?
4) Do you use APC primarily as a knowledge resource or more social, like keeping in touch or making new friendships?
5) What other features would you like to see here?
6) Do you have any concerns about the site?
7) Do you think APC is moving in a direction that enhances aviation and the airline industry? If not, how is it not?
APC means alot to me:
1) It helps me to keep a finger on the pulse of the aviation community. It has also help me to choose a flight school and sort out a career path based on all of the info I've come across since joining.
2) I log on now about three times a week.
3) Actually I like the Pilot Lounge section, even though I have access to the Regional Thread, I enjoy the Hangar Talk section because a wider variety of topics come up that I enjoy discussing.
4) Primarily as a knowledge base.
Just like
Pilotpip said, I'll say this....when I joined back in January of 2006, things were much different. I had a chance to exchange with Cargo, Major and Corporate pilots. Based upon that early contact, my knowledge of the industry as a whole and its inner workings grew. I remember alot of the old heads.....LA Frequentflyer; RedEye; SWApilot; calcapt; Kill Bill, Browntail, boxhauler, and many others....including SkyHigh. People were quite helpful during those days.
5) Everything seems ok at this point.
6) Yes, personally, I think that maybe one or two of the Mods need to relax a little and let people aire their differences and make their point about a particular issue or subject. I fully understand the TOS and am glad it's in place, however to penalize one person for violating the TOS and not another....when the same infraction occured....well that comes across as being biased to me. JMO.
7) I think that it does. Just gotta really try to get over to the participants that all the put downs, name calling and so on has to stop. My take on it is, if they do here, they'll do it on the flight deck and I wouldn't want to work/fly with any one like that.
atp
PS - Great thread!!!
