I'll second that -- the questions might be valid, but the tone is waaaay out of line.

IF you PAY for Inside Flyer, you might have reason to gripe about the Freddies. In that case, there's still no reason to hurl a batch of accusations at Peterson and his business *before* you get his side of the story.

Subscribers of Inside Flyer who need to complain about the Freddies: The appropriate channel is through letters to the Inside Flyer editor, or - if your gripes aren't resolved after a reasonable time - through canceling your subscription.

BUT ... why would you go on a FREE Web site to throw mud on the host? It's absurd.

Personally, I can think of a few deficiencies with FlyerTalk -- ALL of us could find shortcomings with just about any Web site going. But the bottom line is, it's a GIFT, folks. And we all learned by third grade that you dont critique gifts - or slander the people who give 'em.

IMHO, this is symptomatic of the pushy, grasping, and ceaselessly dissatisfied attitude that seems to be dominating posts all over FT these days ... sometimes you'd think people write a bellyachin' post about every third flight and every fourth hotel stay they make. Makes me shudder to think what life is like on the other side of the Customer Service counter these days.