Feedback Request Re: Forum layout feedback...

[Aviador]

I've just added some new smilies to the forum.
😆 :whiteflag: :wink@ :hatsoff: :rockon: :bomb: :coco: :dance:

There's more to come when I get time!

TheLocalYokel - I was thinking of you when I added this one: :hatsoff:

 

[Brum X]

But that would mean the Route Development thread will become overkill with information at times ??

Sometimes members want to have alot of discussion about one particular airline after an announcemnet and then that will get disrupted by another new route announcement ?

Having individual airline threads with the airports means you can chat to yours heart content without another new airline route getting in the way.

Ryanair thread will be a nightmare for example. I will have to scroll down the page quite slow, so that I don't miss anything about BHX. My eyes are not getting any younger Aviador, ha

Let me have another think over the weekend as I want to give it some thought, I am a funny bugger when it comes to change. Im the same with work/personal life too, it's not just FFA

🙂

 

[Aviador]

I can't deny it would be a big change and that's why I wanted to run it by everyone that uses the forum. Most people are change averse and don't like the idea of change but sometimes it works fine. I'm not going to go-ahead with this one unless most people are on-board with it so at the moment it looks like it's not going ahead.

I can possibly trial it for a short period by closing airline threads. and opening the new threads. If people don't adopt to it I can simply revert it back and reopen the old airline threads no problem.

 

[thunderchild]

Personally I prefer things the way they are now, I don’t particularly want to open an EasyJet thread and read about new routes from other airports. If you are looking to keep things simple maybe adopt the PPRUNE method and just have one ongoing thread for each airport?

 

[Ray Finkle]

The only difference is new posts would be split between Route Development & Rumour and Airline Schedule Changes instead of multiple airline threads.

Should it happen then I can see the vast majority of my posts being solely in the BHX Route Development & Rumour thread.

I just can't see myself reading through five pages of Ryanair changes at MAN/EDI/LBA/BRS/CWL etc to finally learn that they're dropping BHX-VNO.

If this has come about due to duplication, or lack of, then maybe as Mods we could agree to be a little more proactive in copying posts that are possibly relevant to multiple airports but are only being discussed in one sub-forum?

 

[Aviador]

I don’t particularly want to open an EasyJet thread and read about new routes from other airports

But if it were to go-ahead with this you would be opening the local Route Development thread to read the same info.

 

[Brum X]

Personally I prefer things the way they are now, I don’t particularly want to open an EasyJet thread and read about new routes from other airports. If you are looking to keep things simple maybe adopt the PPRUNE method and just have one ongoing thread for each airport?

Dried Fruit forum around here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Aviador]

Should it happen then I can see the vast majority of my posts being solely in the BHX Route Development & Rumour thread.

I just can't see myself reading through five pages of Ryanair changes at MAN/EDI/LBA/BRS/CWL etc to finally learn that they're dropping BHX-VNO.

If this has come about due to duplication, or lack of, then maybe as Mods we could agree to be a little more proactive in copying posts that are possibly relevant to multiple airports but are only being discussed in one sub-forum?

I agree but as everyone [just about] will be aware, we all have day jobs so it's not always practical for mods to be spending all day copying posts and moving them to different parts of the forum.

The purpose of this is to establish firstly if it would work, secondly if there's an alternative to make it work better.

Dried Fruit forum around here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Don't swear at me.

 

[thunderchild]

But if it were were to go-ahead with this you would be opening the local Route Development thread to read the same info.

I’m not so sure, for example the recent BHX-NAP announcement was made in the EasyJet BHX thread not the BHX Route Development thread. So in future any new route announcements would just be posted in a general EasyJet thread? If they announced a whole bunch of new routes across the U.K. I’d have to read about all the MAN/LGW/BRS/BFS routes aswell? Same would apply to Ryanair, Jet2, TUI and other airlines that have presence across many airports?

 

[Aviador]

I’m not so sure, for example the recent BHX-NAP announcement was made in the EasyJet BHX thread not the BHX Route Development thread. So in future any new route announcements would just be posted in a general EasyJet thread? If they announced a whole bunch of new routes across the U.K. I’d have to read about all the MAN/LGW/BRS/BFS routes aswell? Same would apply to Ryanair, Jet2, TUI and other airlines that have presence across many airports?

Would that not sit here?

Birmingham Airport News

News articles about Birmingham Airport

forums4airports.com

or in an Airline Schedule Changes thread?

 

[thunderchild]

Would that not sit here?

Birmingham Airport News

News articles about Birmingham Airport

forums4airports.com

or in an Airline Schedule Changes thread?

Yes it probably would, but as things stand now if I learn EasyJet had announced BHX-CDG I’d post it straight into the BHX EasyJet thread and I’m pretty sure everyone interested in BHX would see it. Under these proposed changes which thread would I post this info now? The general EasyJet thread, the BHX news thread, the schedule change thread, the route development thread? Hope you can understand where I’m coming from?

 

[Jerry]

I do personally prefer the layout we currently have with the individual airline threads but maybe some can be combined a bit more especially for the more obscure airlines and maybe alliance airlines ie KLM/Air France or Lufthansa/Turkish/Star Alliance airlines as often they do have a connection.

 

[Brum X]

As I said earlier in the discussion and further to what Thunderchild has said, sometimes , yes sometimes we have 2 or more new airline route announcements on 1 day so posting this news in the Route Discussion thread will make it hard for the conversation to flow about one particulatr new route as 1 minute we will be discussing Qatar to DOH (Hopefully) on the same day that Eurowings have launched a new route to Berlin (Hopefully), the conversation will be all over the place ?

Also when I go into the BHX thread, normally when I see lots of unread threads, this makes me excited that there is good news and is quite fun.

 

[marni1971]

To be honest it’s fine the way it is. I’m mainly interested in MAN and prefer information - airline or otherwise - regarding it to remain there. Thanks for asking.

 

[Brum X]

It might end up like "Trussonomics" Aviador, last 1 week and then back to the status quo ?

Not that I am saying you are like Liz Truss or anything 😊

 

[Ray Finkle]

Maybe we could hold a referendum?

Vote for

#Localforumremain

#Localforumexit

 

[thunderchild]

Maybe we could hold a referendum?

Vote for

#Localforumremain

#Localforumexit

Or could the BHX thread become independent from the rest of the forum? #indyrefbhx

 

[Ray Finkle]

Or could the BHX thread become independent from the rest of the forum? #indyrefbhx

You mean the BHX Forum taking back control?

#Get.......BHX.......Done!!!

 

[thunderchild]

You mean the BHX Forum taking back control?

#Get.......BHX.......Done!!!

Would this mean an extra £300 million a week for the route development team?

 

[Ray Finkle]

 

[Kevin Farnell]

All very amusing, but can we get back to the subject of the forum layout.