I agree with an unstated premise that having a moderator on this board may impede the free flow of information to our host.

A 24-hour limit on initial thread activity would empower "FT junkies" with nothing better to do, or who are overly emotionally invested in Flyer Talk, to the exclusion of frequent-travelling professionals.

Without seeking to play one group of people against another, whose contributions generally have more wisdom, and who causes the excessively long threads with minimal real value?

I do not know whether limiting the debate in this forum is necessary -- though some of the recent tirades certainly suggest some limit is indeed called for.

If there is to be a temporary limit, that could be overridden if Randy wants more input, perhaps it would be better to limit the number of times a given individual can post in any thread on this board?

Of course both types of limit, temporal and post-count, can be easily skirted by simply starting a new thread.