I first disdovered ANet about a year ago and was pretty excited at first, posted some messages but kept realizing most were answered by 16-20 year olds (Im in my 30's and grew up in an airline environment) and were not always 'accurate' in rationalisation.. I occasionally glance at the message board there because I am an aviation enthusiast (but always say to myself 'against my better judgement'!). There are always some very knowledgeable posters there, but i assume they eventually give up (eventually to be replaced by new knowledgeable people who find their way there) due to a constant redundancy of topics such as
BEST AIRLINE EVER? & those Airbus vs. Boeing threads, or the time some guy argued that TWA was never and could never have been based in NYC noor Continental in LA...

Someone mentioned Pan Am threads of which there are a few knowledgeable people on the subject (I grew up with PA in the 70's-) but I assume the interest of PA by the under 25 crowd is really due to its sometimes talked about history and what it was about, as most there seem to have little true knowledge of a great US airline except for what is in the US now such as Delta, UA, NW and USair ..Of late which annoyed me was a thread about PA's first class service which one person mentioned it couldn't have been that great because they didn't have PTV's and fully reclining beds...sigh...

On the other hand, it is nice to see some enthusiasm by younger guys (and girls) on the airliner environment, as when I was their age, we had no internet and no way of connecting with others like that.