The 2 incidents mentioned by the spicy rumor department, for those that like to read reports, occurred on 4/15 and 4/25. The reports make it very easy to get dates and other pertinent details straight, since there were no reported (or rumored) incidents on 4/16. If no one mentioned or reported one (even though it sounds identical to the one one 4/25), please send it in.

Just my opinion, but I don’t see anything wrong with letting anyone in the flying community post here. As long as we can all behave ourselves, I think there’s value in letting folks who may not fly here regularly (and might not be regular members) join in on discussions. To my knowledge, we’ve really only had an issue with a couple of people in the entire history of the site’s forum (both the old one and the current one) – that’s actually surprisingly good.

I’m jealous!

I still advocate the 3 strikes rule, and think it’s a good compromise. There is definitely a difference between “colorful language” and repeatedly dragging down the rest of the forum with insults and threats. There has to be a limit and if a warning followed by a 30 day suspension aren’t reaching that individual, then it’s likely that they have no intention of changing their ways. This forum has got to be welcoming and usable by as many in the community as possible.

It was proposed that we add to the guidelines above a 3 strikes rule:

• First offense is a warning (and depending on the severity, may result in the post being removed)
• Second offense results in a 30 day forum ban
• Third strike – permanent ban

What does everyone think of that?