ORIGINAL: Silversurfer
No I am not.
What I'm trying to get across is that some common courtesy, a little effort in open communications, people working together as friends and as people that share the same interests, could easily prevent this type of occurrance. All it takes is just a tiny, tiny bit of concern for others rather than just yourself! What I'm hearing though is an unspoken "I have the pin so too bad for anybody eles". If you reduce it down that's essentially the message coming across.
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I have to disagree... I think that you're being discourteous to everyone else by not getting the pin. Just like you say "All it takes is just a
tiny, tiny bit of concern for others rather than just yourself!". That works both ways... All it takes is a second to grab the pin, showing just a little courtesy for everyone else that might show up, and all of this could be avoided... The very attitude that you're saying is rampant among everyone else is the very attitude that you have. It's really about courtesy for everyone else first and then the act of following the set and agreed upon rules that the club has established.
For example, your quote of "I have the pin so too bad for anybody eles". You have the same attitude! You're saying "I don't have the pin and if anyone shows up they should check with me to make sure I'm not using that frequency.... If you don't, you're not being courteous"
I'm not saying that you should never check, that's not the issue. If everyone was curteous, you shouldn't have to check! But if you don't get the pin and go fly then nothing justifies it, you're in the wrong...
If there's no pin board then that a different issue altogether..