Airliners

Used to be a reasonably good source of photos, but since the site face-lift a few years ago employed a new search engine it has gone downhill badly. Ever heard of the expression "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? Clearly the crew at Airliner.net haven't. Previous incarnation worked well, new search engine is unwieldy and often throws up very wayward results.

The Forums though are biggest problem. The moderators have not got a shred of an idea about management or customer service. If you read their forum rules, the terms and conditions they impose breach consumer law in many countries. When I entered a dispute with the moderators, they banned me without any right of appeal for simply standing up for my legal rights. Yet by the same token, one of their moderators was permitted to slander me and I was denied any recourse. In fact when I demanded an retraction and an apology from the moderator concerned, that was what prompted them to ban me.

Great photos and need feeds. That's it though. Forum should be a fun thing to participate in given the common interests in aviation. However, forum has been taken over by trolls and my posts have been removed without notice. Not a conducive culture for discussion. Moderators appear to have certain political views which they freely use to remove views they don't agree with. Simply a joke. I rarely bother to visit this site anymore sadly. It was essential reading at one time for me. No more!

You will find interesting pictures, especially from older posters (slide scans), and pilots or flight attendants. It gets hairy when it comes to the forum, where people decide to blame anything from the weather to the telephone on the French, the Americans, or even Asians (i. E. racist.) People are weird online, but it is sad to see that the moderators do not bother intervening. So do visit, but don't bother joining.It's wacky out there. Stay sane,

Airliners.net was a fantastic website once upon a time. It was a place where avgeeks could meet, discuss aviation and debate. Unfortunately, some years ago the ownership changed and with it most of the good things went away. Now the forum is very US-centric, extremely left-wing and moderators seem to enjoy shutting down threads without warning or good enough reason. Censorship has gotten out of control over there and I am not talking about non-aviation things. You will post a thread and a few hours later it would be gone without any notice or explanation. I also noticed that discussion on the forum isn't as busy as it used to be. Unfortunately this website is as good as done.

I am a member of FlyerTalk, and while different discussions can get heated at times, we all share a passion, travel & aviation, and if everyone is treated fairly, everything goes well. Airlines.Net is the "4chan" of aviation. A lawless, disgusting piece of work. The moderators think they are Gods while encouraging racism, discrimination, and delete factual topics that go against their opinion. Photos are fantastic but the forums are run by third graders, for third graders.

In the forum many users are full of negativity and give their opinions accordingly. I left the forum because of that. It seems to be more important to have a "discussion" with different opinions than valuing current developments and talking about future developments professionally.