I have just had a quick look “behind the scenes” and I reckon the number who have not accessed the forum within the last few days is less than 10%.
So they just stopped posting. Maybe we need more new topics?
Peter wrote:
Maybe we need more new topics?
Or maybe an “off topic” forum for non-directly-aviation-related talk. Like on your favorite competition forum where the “Jet Blast” section attracts by far the most contributions.
I am head of sales and marketing for an American avionics and cockpit instrumentation company’s division. An electronic engineer by training though who steered his career towards his hobby ;-)
My company sells switches, throttles, displays, control wheels etc
It is absolutely true that a forum on which people do a lot of kicking and biting gets 10x the posters and thus 10x the advert clicks. A number of forum owners have told me that over the years. It is a clear policy to allow it, to drive the business.
The problem is that the % of informative posts is also 10x smaller…
Hence we have EuroGA, where we have the quality but not the quantity.
I don’t want to drive this off topic because we have the IT/Website section for this kind of thing but very briefly you then get other more technical issues e.g. moderation becomes almost impossible. You still needs mods, to prevent totally libellious stuff getting posted (we had some truly nasty stuff posted here when we started in 2013) but you need to pay them… so you need adverts. But the internet is full of forums where people who haven’t got a proper job can slag each other off. Look at Facebook, especially post-Brexit. They love it…
BTW I have an occassional look at the forum you mention and it is full of synthetic (fake, admin-generated) posters. Especially the GA section.
Do feel free to start a topic on this if anyone feels like it – it’s all good stuff to discuss. We have had a few similar ones already, however.
Cannot believe where the time has gone.
Daughter no longer a teenager….. just completed her 1st year at Drama School.
I’m still flying :)
Still not got a share or bought something but a non equity share is hopefully imminent and about to compete as a Nav for the GB team at this years World Air Rally Championships in Portugal.
Still not made it to a Euroga fly-in/fly-away but I will do one of these days. Always happy to help and fly RH seat !
Licensed aircraft engineer. Worked on aircraft for nearly 30 years. Started as an apprentice at BAe. Probably the best thing that ever happened to me.
Worked for airlines, flying schools, aircraft manufactures and now work on very expensive business jets. It pays the bills. Been a pilot for a number of years now. Would like to fly more, like a lot of people. Still enjoy talking about planes.
Been thinking about becoming a FI as a retirement job.
If any one needs a freelance aircraft engineer I’m able to certify most GA types. Also FAA A&P, BMAA and LAA inspector.
Film business, cinematographer. An amazing job I’m so grateful for – it’s allowed me to see the world and get paid for it. Mainly, huge corporations pay me to make their products look good in commercials. I also do narrative stuff, although the pay isn’t as good there. Art vs commerce. A good balance is essential for being able to keep flying… 
PPL since 1972. Ex-military (Harrier GR3/T4, weapons instructor), now airline pilot (ex-L-1011, B744). 21 years on A330/340, converting to B787 in two weeks’ time. Civilian instructor and occasional examiner since 1990. Own A36 Bonanza having owned PA-32 Saratoga and Cessna 120 in the past. 90 types and counting. Have never said no to a flight in anything, will continue to fly as long as I’m fit!
Oh, well…
I’m a senior lecturer in Computer Science (associate professor in US terminology), specialising in formal methods. For a while I was a partner in a consultancy working in that area and with risk analysis, particularly with applications to railway signalling systems. I’ve done a fair amount of tinkering with hardware and a lot of software development, although never professionally.
Also, I’m a bit into LARPing.
Glider pilot from 1983, PPL 1984-1996 and from 2013 on. Instrument rated. Presently the chairperson of a reasonably large flying club with our own airfield.
During my break from flying I spent a lot of my free time raising three kids and working on a preserved railway (and still do, to some extent).
Spent a fair bit of my work career advising on buying or selling companies in emerging markets. Before lo cost this meant resurrecting a very old IR and a fair amount GA flying in Europe (Spain, Germany, Italy, Central Europe). Once lo cost arrived, airline connectivity in Europe has been transformed and my personal flying became strictly grass roots. I don’t mind going into self loading baggage mode and on long days the bright blue and yellow of O’Leary’s fleet might even feel welcoming, if heading home. Now drawing a pension but working as an IR instructor and contract pilot for a corporate outfit. The Super Cub was found looking forlorn, and out of CofA for some years in Ireland. It has worked out really well as, to date, despite 65 years young, no major surprises on the budget front, and if you don’t mind 85 mph IAS and 18 lph, very practical VFR transportation – or more precisely I Follow Roads/Rivers/Railways.
One of my colleagues, not a pilot, but a native from a wine district built up a business advising on purchasing vineyards. If I had his expertise the Super Cub might have been used for due diligence and research around Spain, France, Italy and beyond.
