Forum Rules

[CaptLim]

Welcome to the AirlinesPilot Forum (APF).

At the moment, this is an open forum. Any opinions, advice, statements or other information expressed or made by users of this forum, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of that of APF.

APF neither endorses nor guarantees the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any such information.

Kindly read these rules below. By using the forum, you agree to abide by the following rules:-

Watch your language.

This Forum is open to everyone who wants to learn and discuss anything about flying. So, please keep it clean.
Be kind to others.

Please don't forget that you are talking to living feeling human beings! The Internet is somewhat dehumanizing. You may be tempted to say things in cyberspace that you would never say to someone directly in front of you.

Don't be afraid to post an open question. A very wise person once said that the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask. Don't be afraid to sound dumb, this site is here for you to learn from others!

Make new posters feel welcome.

Remember that newbies may be intimidated to post, and that they can greatly benefit from the old timers on the boards. If you've been around for a while, be sure to introduce yourself to the newbies, and help to show them the ropes.

Feel free to lurk.

You don't have to post messages to learn from the Forum. Some people enjoy reading the posts without posting anything themselves!.

Keep disagreements civil.

You certainly don't have to agree with everyone on the Forums, but keep your disagreements on topic. You can argue a point without being nasty.

No personal attacks..

There is no reason whatsoever for name calling and rudeness. You can argue and disagree while still being respectful of others.
Harassing, offensive, vulgar, abusive, hateful or bashing communications -
including those aimed at sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, national origin, or disability will absolutely not be tolerated.

Keep personal disagreements personal.

If you disagree or dislike one person in particular, please take your comments to e-mails where they belong.

Follow the rules of general netiquette.

Don't post multiple times - this is considered SPAM and is rude. Only hit the submit button once for each message you post.
Any posts meant to bait others into a personal disagreement unrelated to the board topic will be removed. Any arguments of a personal nature will also be removed. And please, whenever possible, help steer others away from personal arguments as well!

Usually duplicate messages will be ignored entirely by web savvy members, and you may not get a response if you post multiple times.
Don't give out personal information. Keep your full name, address and telephone number to yourself, for safety's sake.

More Basic Rules...

You also agree that administration of forum may edit, censor, delete or otherwise modify any message you post.
Please do not use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS when posting messages. Many Internet users consider all capitals to be like “shouting” at someone.Personal Issues

This forum is not a place to resolve "personal issues". If you break this rule, we may be forced to ban you from posting. If you have a complaint or personal issue with a specific forum member, please resolve it with him/her directly.

No Flames

We understand that everyone has a right to their own opinions; however, if you disagree strongly with someone, please do not post nasty messages for all to read. Please respect other members and what they have to say, even if you disagree. If you do not agree with someone's post, you may address it in a civilized manner.

Trolling

Trolling is strictly prohibited. Trolling is an Internet term that means you're not posting to actually start or participate in a good discussion, but simply to anger a lot of posters and start a large flame war.

Personal Information

Forum administration respects your privacy and will never ask for personal information i.e. phone numbers, photos, credit card information, home addresses, etc.. Conversely, we suggest that you not reveal any of your personal information on our forum. Should you willingly disclose your personal information on forum or to a member through Private Message, forum administration is not responsible for any damages incurred.

Abusive Members

If a situation arises where another member is spamming the forums or being abusive, you are not to respond in a similar fashion. Instead, report the post to administration of the forum who will in turn take the required action against the member.

Multiple User Names

Multiple usernames are not allowed. If a member is found to have multiple usernames they will be deleted.

Forum Abuse

Please remember that children have access to this forum and we demand that this is fully respected at all times. Forum administration will not tolerate deliberate abuse, indecent material, or potentially harmful comments. Any content that includes foul language, pornographic content, or that promotes pornography, racism, or any illegal activities will be removed.

“Bad Mouthing” People

Forum administration will not tolerate "bad mouthing" any individuals. For the purpose of this statement our interpretation of "bad mouthing" would be instances of personal insult, defamation of character, unfounded rumour-spreading, offensive name-calling or swearing, and any instance whereby a person's privacy is seriously violated. If we receive reports of this happening we may take appropriate action at our discretion.

No Indirect Advertisements

Postings promoting drugs, pornography or your trade/products commercially will be removed.

No Spam/Thread Bumping

Spamming, i.e. posting the same topic or reply multiple times will not be tolerated. If you accidentally post a message multiple times, click the edit icon on the duplicate post(s) and then, on the edit screen, type 'Duplicate Post' in message box.

To avoid being called a spammer, you should be careful what you post. Posting completely useless crap is considered spam. Any useless overuse of emoticons (smileys) and one word posts like "lol ", “okay”, “yeah”, “huh”, “wow” or even "cool!" are also considered spam.

So-called "thread bumping", i.e. bringing a topic back to the top of the topic listing by posting a useless reply (like "bump"), is neither constructive nor necessary. If people are interested in a particular topic, they will reply to it, thus conveniently keeping topics of interest near the top of the post list.

No Impersonations

Impersonating other forum members will not be tolerated and result in the removal of the offending post(s), as well as the account of the offending poster. You agree not to create an account to impersonate any person or entity that is not yourself. This extends in particular to creating accounts using the same or similar Nick Name as any other member of the forum.

Individual Opinions

You are solely responsible for any messages you post. By submitting comments or reading comments posted by individuals on this forum you understand that forum administration does not necessarily agree with nor support the views expressed.

Freedom of Speech

We believe in freedom of speech and will accept any comments regardless of the views expressed so long as they comply with the other rules as set out here.

Private Messages

This forum has a feature called 'Private Message'. If you want to talk to somebody on the forum personally, use this feature instead of creating a thread that's essentially useless to other people. To use it, just click on the 'PM' icon above somebody's post.

Abusing the Private Messaging system consists of chronic abuse against another member over the system or flooding other users' PM boxes with useless, junk private messages in an attempt to fill their boxes over the limit. These kinds of immature actions will not be tolerated.

Private messages are not monitored or examined. If you are suffering any abuse through the forum private message system you are advised to send a private message to the administration of the forum and advised NOT to delete any abusive messages you have received. There will be no harassment of members using the PM system. The administration reserves the right to investigate claims of harassment.

Avatars

Avatars are the small pictures that appear under your name in each of your posts. Avatar images must be 80x80 pixels or smaller, with a file size of no more than 6 KB. Furthermore, avatars of pornographic or otherwise offensive nature will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to remove any avatars violating these rules. No excessively large images in signatures are allowed. This makes the pages load very slow for our dial up users and can impact overall forum layout. The maximum signature image/banner dimensions are 500x100 pixels. The administration reserves the right to ask any member to limit the size of their signature.

Note on Registration

We ask our visitors to register with us before posting a message on this forum. After registering with a user name and valid email address, check your email and you should find you've been sent an e-mail requesting your response for the activation of your user account. Sometimes there is a few hours' delay between the submission of the registration form and sending of e-mail requiring your response for activation of your account, so please be patient. The whole process does not take more than 3 days to complete. Without these steps your membership cannot be activated, and you will not be able to post.

Complaints

If you wish to complain about the conduct of another user or a message posted by another user then please email forum administration at info@askcaptainlim.com, stating the nature of the offending message, the username of the message author, and where to find the message. We will investigate all complaints and if we find that the offending message has breached our rules then we will take appropriate action at our discretion. Decisions made by forum administration are final, and any thread started relating to administration’s decision will be deleted. If you have a problem, contact the administration via PMs or e-mail me at info@askcaptainlim.com .

Forum Moderation

We frequently review forum messages for those that are in violation of rules. Any messages found to be in violation may be deleted without warning or explanation. We also reserve the right to ban any user, at any time, and for any reason.

Threads or replies that do not comply with our guidelines may be locked, edited, or deleted, depending on the nature of the offense. We will make every effort to state why such action was taken via private message, e-mail, and/or administration reply in the offending thread.

Considering the real-time nature of this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages posted. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact administration immediately by email or Private Message. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if determined that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

Banning Procedure

The forum will be run upon a 3-strike rule:
1. First offence - warning via private message, e-mail, and/or administration reply in the offending thread.
2. Second offence - 7-day lock of your ID.
3. Third offence - longer ID locks, possibly permanent.
Please realize that the nature of the offense will determine the action to be taken. If the violation is extreme enough, or has been repeated enough times in the past, a member can have his/her ID locked immediately and permanently without any kind of warning.

Unbanning of members

Banned members could apply for un-banning if the following conditions are fulfilled:

1. Anyone requesting for unban must agree not to break the rules again.
2. If anyone is being hurt/attacked before, the one who is requesting the unban needs to give his/her apology.

If you wished to be unbanned, please send an email to info@askcaptainlim.com, stating that you agree for the above terms. The forum members will go through a voting process. If more than 66% of the forum members agree for the unban, you can come back to the forum as a normal member.

Disclaimer

Please remember that we do not actively monitor the contents of posted messages and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of APF.

Rules can and will be changed and added as needed. It is your responsibility to check back occasionally to see if the rules have changed.

Thank you and have a great time here!

Happy posting !

Captain Lim

Forum Admin