Air Mail Rules

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NBAA's Air Mail system is an electronic forum for the exchange of professional information among NBAA Members. To benefit all NBAA Members, Members violating these rules or the guidelines below may be unsubscribed by NBAA at any time.

For more information about Air Mail, e-mail webmaster@nbaa.org.

Although NBAA does not censor or screen individual messages, the following types of speech are not permitted.

  • Personal attacks.
  • Expletives.
  • Unsolicited commercial appeals or promotions.
    However, the posting of commercial appeals or promotions in response to legitimate Member inquiries is allowed as a Member service. Also, companies that wish to post charter availability announcements and other messages that are sales/marketing in nature may do so only via the "Charter Availability" Air Mail list.
  • "Sham spam" or fake postings designed to set-up or elicit a commercial appeal or promotion.
  • Messages regarding commercial disputes.
    While Air Mail is an acceptable forum for commentary on the performance of aviation vendors, it is not appropriate to initiate commentary regarding specific business or legal disagreements. One or two appropriately worded comments are within bounds; intemperate remarks or the simple repetition of the same criticisms will be regarded as a form of personal vendetta and the subscriber, once warned, can be removed from the list. Members should privately resolve their business or legal disagreements.
  • Discussion of prices or fees that you pay or charge, the customers or suppliers with which you do business, the terms on which you do business with them or other third parties, or other competitively sensitive aspects of your individual business operations. It is also a violation of NBAA policy to suggest what your or others' policies should or may be on these subjects.
  • Commentary unrelated to aviation.

In addition, the following rules will be enforced:

  • Do not "harvest" e-mail addresses from Air Mail for marketing purposes.
  • Do not republish the content of Air Mail messages without permission of the message author and NBAA.
  • Charter availability posts (i.e. one ways) may be posted only to the Charter Availability announcement list.
  • Announcements of available short-term and fill-in contract positions, or your availability for these types of roles, may be posted only to the Contract Jobs Air Mail list. Resumes, job openings and contract employee announcements may not be posted on other Air Mail lists. The Business Aviation Jobs resource is also available at www.nbaa.org/jobs for full-time business aviation opportunities and candidate resumes.

Air Mail Guidelines

The following guidelines are intended help Air Mail subscribers communicate effectively and keep Air Mail a valuable resource.

  • Include your name, title and company at the bottom of your message. Signature files should not exceed 6 lines.
  • Do not cross-post (i.e., send the same message to more than one list).
  • Do not forward copyrighted material to the list unless you have permission to do so.
  • Do not include attachments with your message. Messages with attachments will be rejected automatically.
  • Do not send unsubscribe requests to the lists. To unsubscribe, visit My Air Mail.
  • Do not reply to digest index messages. Reply to individually opened messages or start a new message.
  • Be aware that you always have two options: responding through the list or to a Member personally. The content of your message should determine which of these you choose.
  • "Lurk" (i.e., observe quietly) and learn what's acceptable before posting to the list.
  • Don't over-quote when responding to a prior message. Include only the specific information you're responding to, and chop out the rest.
  • Avoid one-line posts such as: "Thank you." or "Me too." If your post doesn't add value, don't send it. (Example: Don't send a "thanks" message through the list. Send something like that directly to the person you're thanking.)
  • Use proper capitalization in your messages. WRITING MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING. Try to avoid this.
  • Use meaningful subject lines. "Number of pilots required" is better than "Help please."
  • When taking a discussion thread off on a tangent, change the subject line.
  • Be courteous to other list members. If you disagree with them, don't resort to personal insults.
  • Do not post private e-mail messages to a public (Air Mail) list without the author's permission.
  • Spell-check and reread your messages before posting.