As you know, I'm a mod on another site and deal with the same thing lol. I think what a lot of folks aren't used to is the ready room type banter. It's the net so things are sometimes difficult to read through but a lot of military pilots bring the atmosphere of the rr to the net when dealing with many topics. We aren't so nice on my site with the wannabe's who approach with attitude. Things are a bit more conservative on this site but being it's mainly non-military..probably the right thing to do. I will agree that listening/taking advice from anyone who has never been there done that is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Want to be a military aviator, start with growing some thick skin as well.