welcome aboard the greatest flight sim ever created;
the most important advice i could give ya is to play your own game, dont worry about what people say to ya, but have fun!!!!!
there are allot of things "looked down upon" in AH but you will find almost every one doing them, although that dont mean you have to do them, take Vulching, its when you shoot down an nme plane trying to take off, and possibly landing, most every one does it, i do not, will not(there are others that wont also), i am here for the fight so why would i jump on a plane that has zero chance of defending?
i guess what im saying is fly the way you like but dont expect every one to be happy about the way you fly,
if you want respect, by the community, fly with respect, dont be that 4th or 5th plane on a single con, dont vulch, unless you are chasing down a runner, dont run unless you are bingo, (after all the fight is where its at.)
use channel 200, as a way to Salute your opponents, and dont fall into the trap of many on 200 and rant and rave about how much someone sucks or how they are just Hoing dweebs.
in any case welcome to your new addiction. <S>