Originally Posted by
ElmhurstNick
Let me ask a simple question based on the discussion (some civil, some hyperbolic) to date in this thread:
Does ANY current or past TB member believe that there should be ANY kind of limit on who should be allowed to serve as a TB member?
OP thinks you should be a traveller. I think you should be able to keep your nose clean and not get suspended multiple times. Many of us have our own personal beliefs. But what I'm most interested in is: what do the current TB members think??
I said during the election campaign that I thought it would be a good idea if TB took a look at some of the rules the Mods had adopted about who can and cannot be a Mod and adapted some of them for their own use. I do still think that.
I don't think requirements on travel minima are required - if you think it's important to you, then it can be asked about in the election period. But I don't think someone who doesn't travel a lot won't automatically make a bad TB member. I do have a horse in that race though because I've gone from once a month long-haul business travel, to predominantly leisure travel internationally and only periodic business travel in the UK (that might be about to change though!). So take my views with a pinch of salt on that one, because I don't believe I'm a 'bad' TB member because I'm not always on the road. One other problem is that some of the suggested 'solutions' would tend to bias against those who are active in the less well known airlines - anyone want to set a quiz around NH's FFP?
