Fly Navy said:
Sit back and learn from the guys that know. You'll figure out when you should open your mouth and when you shouldn't. If you shouldn't, well, you're going to get b!tch-slapped. It's not cruelty, it's just a lesson.
Trust me, I've been b!tch-slapped on this site, and I'm one of those student aviators.
...which is probably why 95% of the posts by FlyNavy on this forum are irrelevant snide remarks, participation in "gang-tackling" someone who has already been shot-down, or outright sucking-up to forum members from whom he hopes to...gain something (?).
As to posting on this forum...The best advice is already given: let the information about flying be posted by the guys who fly. I have another few helpful suggestions:
1) If you haven't spent a minimum of several years active-duty Navy, then you don't know anything about anything, period.
2) The only experience worth anything on this forum, and therefore citable, is military experience.
3) DO NOT cite formal education as a basis for any opinion. When you walk in AW's door, formal education is not only worthless, but incredibly geeky. For a recent example, someone on this forum recently cited his/her bachelor's degree in psychology and was torn to shreds. After all, people with degrees in aerospace engineering and 10 years of flight experience obviously know more about...psychology. The only education worth anything is military education (see number 2).
4) Right-wing political opinion is always, well, right. There's a reason they call it that, you know! Get with the program, geez...
(Maybe one of the mods could do me a favor and move this post over to the recent "qualifications for giving advice" thread...probably a better fit there.)