ETOPS01: It's not heated discourse I object to; I've seen and participated in plenty of that on this and other boards and mailing lists.

It's disrespectful behavior, name-calling (i.e., "sanctimonious"), and inciteful posts that turn me off. The thread I reference above started off with a very nasty personal comment about NJDavid. It has since been edited by the author, which I do appreciate, but numerous other personal attacks remain.

This is hardly the behavior of "one hand clapping." Lots of folks have requested moderators in the recent and not-so-recent past. Randy has made a good start on it and has asked us to point out threads that might be candidates for moderation. Many valuable contributors have left our midst as they feel they have been hounded away by just the sort of behavior that is evident on this thread and others.

I will not apologize for standing up and saying that people here deserve to be treated with a modicum of respect. FlyerTalk has been a source of much valuable information and many nice friendships. I for one would like to keep it that way.