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[quote user="tree68"]To which a normal reaction to a correction would be, "Oops, sorry, you're right, I meant..."[/quote] Everybody has a different kind to admit a mistake and that is what aegrotatio did. I have learned in management training to let people save their face when caught with a mistake when ever possible. Here? The picking starts in many cases. [quote user="tree68"]There was a time when someone knowledgeable in the business was treated as a resource on this forum.  We went to them as experts in their field.  Nowadays, the same people seem to be regarded by some as a bunch of "know-it-alls" and a clique.  Why is that?[/quote] I'm reading this forum for about 10 years. My experience is that railroaders tend to react as a clique when a topic gets questioned by non-railroaders. And then there are the non-railroaders that adore the railroaders because they are experts. I stated in another thread that I wouldn't have survived in my job if has believed all experts. Having years of experience doesn't make me an expert. And a real expert allows to be questioned and doesn't hide behind being an expert.  An example of an unprofessional reactio was the Batory thread were I got the following answer when questioning the necessity of a railroader as head of the FRA: There are enough unknowledgable idiots outside the FRA that think they can tell the FRA what to do, and you are beginning to sound like one of them. Am I an idiot now? Is an insult necessary? I let it go at that time but it shows, at least in my opinion, the reoccuring tension between railroaders and non-railroader It doesn't seem easy for some railroaders to accept different opinions and questioning. Yes, I learn a lot from railroaders here. Are they unerring? For sure not. And I think it is sometimes necessary to get questioned from an outsider to loose ones blinkers. Regards, Volker
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