This echo is open to everyone interested in aviation, including
all types of real, full-sized aircraft flying in the earth's
atmosphere, as well as products and services relating to aviation.
Excluded is the discussion of PC-based simulator games, radio
controlled models, space travel, and UFOs, for which other, more
appropriate echoes are available. This echo is in *no* way related
to FLYING magazine.
Your use of this echo is your consent to obey the rules herein.
Echo access is a privilege, and not a right. There is a time and a
place for everything, hence there are the following rules:
1. Please keep the discussions as close to the description of the
echo noted above. Although I'm not a pilot, I have a strong
interest in flying, especially as it relates to weather. If you
have a message to the effect of the description above, it'd be
greatly appreciated.
2. Please do not use handles/aliases. To me, handles belong on a
teapot. If your BBS software doesn't allow real name posting in
the message header, you must post your name at the end of the
message.
3. Please do not use high ascii or ANSI graphics...some users systems
will lock up or garble the messages with this data. 
4. Although I'd prefer no profanity in the message area, in light of
recent activity, I won't issue a total ban on obscene or profane
language. To me, profanity is the attempt of a feeble mind to
express itself forcibly. However, if you must use it, I ask that
you please observe these guidelines:
A. Use it sparingly -- most times, you can get across what you're
saying without resorting to crude language.
B. When it is used, please use ONLY the first letter, then asterisk
out the rest...such as d***. I'll admit that I have a "vocabulary",
but this echo is no place for "gutter language"...it's for the
discussion of the topic noted above.
C. Please keep the taglines clean!!
D. This echo is to be rated "PG"...mainly as some of the flying
experiences can get "bizarre"...such as the recent incident on
US Airways with the "runaway pig relieving itself in the cabin".
5. Please keep message-quoting to a minimum...only quote what is
absolutely necessary to give those reading the message an idea
of what you're replying to. Most BBS's are run out of the pockets
of private sysops, and nobody wants to pay for (or see) a 25-line
message quoted in full, just to have somebody else say "I Agree".
Origin Lines are NOT to be quoted. However, please be sure that a
FIDOnet origin line is in the message. Gating to other networks
will be allowed with moderator permission. Currently, this echo
is in both the FIDOnet and GT Power BBS Networks, where I'm the
moderator in both areas.
6. Please do NOT use ALL CAPS...it's considering SHOUTING.
7. The official language for this echo is ENGLISH.
8. The following messages are NOT appropriate at any time:
A. Flaming -- if you can't say something nice about someone, don't
say it at all.
B. Politics and Religion -- As Linus once said, he doesn't discuss
religion, politics, or the great pumpkin with others...and the
same holds true in this echo. Please take these discussions
elsewhere.
C. Get Rich Quick Schemes or Chain Letters -- Nothing is totally
FREE; it cost SOMEONE SOMETHING to give it. Also, as noted above,
most Sysops are paying for their BBS's and long distance charges
out of their own pockets, and they don't want to "pay for garbage".
D. Adult related messages -- this is to be a "PG" rated echo...
as noted above...NOT PG-13, R, or X!! 
F. Off topic messages, those not within the scope of the echo
description noted above.
9. All rules violations are to be addressed ONLY by the Moderator.
Please let the Moderator moderate...although I'd prefer to just
watch and contribute to the betterment of the echo, and not to
policing it. I don't mind a little bit of suggestiveness, as I
do have a sense of humor...and would rather "drop hints" of rule
violations, than to make an example of the violator in the echo.
I would also PREFER constructive participation in the echo by
ALL of its users.
10. The first violation will be considered an accident...twice will be
questionable, and the third time will result in a permanent feed
cut without warning...with no appeal.
11. If there are any questions or comments about these rules, please
address them to me, Daryl Stout via NETMAIL ONLY at 1:3821/33.
Discussion of the echo rules in the echo is off topic.
Daryl Stout, Moderator