Jay Somerset wrote:
I give up -- not flying -- but subscribing to this NG. It is just too
riddled with crap and backbiting, to the point that it carries little
if any useful exchange of interest to active pilots. It isn't worth
the effort any more, even with multiple kill files.

So good riddance to 90+% of the posts, and the few idiots who have
managed to spoil the NG over the past couple of years, and farewell to
those few remaining sensible contributors. I admire your patience and
tolerance. Mine have given out!

I agree with your sentiments. I haven't posted often and am, in the big
picture, a relatively "new" pilot (licensed in 2003). I have been
appreciative over the years -- the group has offered some
thought-provoking topics that resulted in RL discussions, exchange of
opinions/experiences, and ultimately some very useful knowledge.

It had been easy to spot and ignore the "crap and backbiting". On my
newsreader, I see the number of posts first, and I always think,
"great...lots of new, interesting material" ... until the actual *list*
of topics comes up, and of late it's easy to see that 95% are a couple
of people exchanging insults ad nauseam. A few who actually have some
useful info won't quit unless they have the last word, so there are 50
exchanges of one-line name-calling insults. After the first one, what's
the point?

So now the useful stuff to people who are still interested in coming
here to learn something or to share something is BURIED. I agree with
you about feeling that it's not worth the effort sometimes.