So says the moderator of a discussion forum. Brilliant.

Obviously you cared a few minutes ago to reply but now that I’ve replied you don’t care. Excellent. For someone with 16000 (honestly) posts you seem to have a particularly poor grasp of what these discussion forums are all about.

OK I’ll ask a question in easier words. Why does anyone think that the break-up of the UK is a good idea?

Sadly Al and many I know like him have fallen for Salmond’s rhetoric and bluster. He is a skilled politician but he is starting to waver when bit by bit the reality is starting to show itself.
There is no doubt that Scotland has done better under an SNP government but only one that is still part of the UK.
Of course if the YES vote wins then it will be truly independent now; no Euro, no pound, no EU. Nothing.
Interesting that Norway is held up as the example. It used to be Iceland and look what happened there.

It can’t have been that great an great idea as no-one else has done it. I think the Short Sperrin had engines that were top of each other mouned on the wings.

Why is that sad? In my opinion it’s a great thing.

I’m not sure why anyone would think the break up of the United Kingdom is a good thing but there you go.

In the event of independence I would have thought that Scotland would be entitled to a share of the UK’s gold reserve.

The fact is that being tied to the Euro or the pound means that independence is nothing of the sort.

Salmond has deliberately disenfranchised large numbers of Scots; Scots who would largely vote “No” – that is despite the fact that my citizenship will be directly affected by a “Yes”, I do not get a say in that process. What is sad is that so many Scots are falling for his rhetoric and false promises. Let’s hope common sense prevails in September.

And you would complain if they never appeared at all.

I have to say that I find this linking of the UK floods and the overseas aid budget very distasteful and is fairly typical of the UKIP/Daily Mail type intellect.
Those who benefit from UK aid should not be denied help because of some tawdry campaign by the worst aspects of the UK press. The Prime Minister has stated that “money is no object” so funds do not need to be diverted from anywhere.

The floods have been caused by the weather – lots of it. No-one can say for certain if dredging/defences etc would have helped but lots of people seem to be wise after the event.

You’re right. I do indeed find it impossible to comprehend how anyone can think that designing an aircraft only has to take speed and drag and power into consideration.
Do you have any idea how strong (and therefore heavy)it will have to be structurally to maintain a cabin of 8000ft at 80000ft altitude?
De-icing or anti-icing needs to work close to the ground as well as in free air -it needs to heat leading edges and propellers and pitots and static vents – all of which needs electricity.
How large do you think the landing gear will need to be to hold up something bigger than a Tu95 and how much power wil it take to retract it?
Maybe you can only fly on sunny days and take passengers who generate their own power by pedalling for 26hours. Good luck with that!

Your design would have to comply with CS-25 otherwise it wouldn’t get a certificate of airworthiness. 40km/h stall speed or not.

Oh is that all!

You have some good ideas and please accept the criticism in the spirit that it is intended.
I’m not sure why the mods decided that GD was the place for this rather Commercial Aviation. Perhaps they thought that GD had people in it that knew what they were talking about !