Do Europeans own this site???? Nothing but ads for Euro pilots. What a disaster this ad stuff is

It has taken away from the professional image I thought this forum is all about. I understand some ads, but geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez this is alot of ads.

The only ones that are truly irritating to me are the ads along the sides. If they did away with those and restored the screen width I think it would be pretty uneventful.

Ads pay the bills. Easy and simple as that.

Perhaps there should be a $10/month service charge or something to offer an APF without ads.

Just saying...

Firefox can stop the adds from showing. I was thinking the "minimal amount of ads" would be along the line of google adds though. I was a little surprised.

I clicked on it. Most ads are pay-per-click. You're welcome APC!

The website is running slower than slow too.

Wonder if all the "First Officer Training Program" flash crap has anything to do with it.

I know you gotta pay the bills guys, but this is out of hand.

You guys that are complaining can go over to other sites where they are fee based. I was a moderator at one of those sites for a while. Great guys, good content, but the $10 fee keeps the membership MUCH lower than here. With the smaller size you lose some of the dynamic content of the boards. I still go there at times, but it is disappointing to check in after weeks away and still see some of the same threads on page one. In other words--ain't nothin' free, and this board being about the best of the bunch for what it does you should be thankful it was free as long as it was.

For what its worth, I've inquired about running an ad for interview prep and placement services. I have no idea of the rate but I pay about $1200 a year for a small 1 x 1 ad at flight info.

If you really, really object, you do have to realize that while the moderators and owners had the VISION for this site, its you--the membership--that creates the value of the content and the desire for advertisers to advertise. You have the ultimate power to leave the site and diminish its value. However, when someone tries to spin up a new site they'll discover all the time, money, and effort involved. The owners here won't care--they already SOLD the site--so you won't be hurting them. However--as long as this is the place to be for cargo issues (and it has been since the UPS contract a few years back) you can bet I'll be watching here.

When Freight Dog and HSLD sold this site did they give up ALL ownership rights, or are they still able to say F U to all the ads?

Wait wait wait wait wait... What did I miss? The site is no longer owned by Freight Dog and HSLD? :eek: When did all this happen?