WWW - totally agree that if you want something do the donkey work and present it as a done deal to PMA -stops them having to think and displays the time honoured JO attributes of initiative, deviousness and cunning!!
However, my problem lay in the fact that every solution I put up was stonewalled and I got the distinct impression of an agenda that I wasn't privy to even though it involved me! All this fueled by lots of rumours from elsewhere but nothing from PMA to quash or substantiate them.
So the issues was really more a case of how do you deal with PMA when they are being devious and cunning than how do I get a good job with out doing a bit of digging. The latter bit I can do -the former part, well lets say IOT and professional trg leaves you rather unprepared for PMA's brand of games, so advice from those that have jumped through the hoops and survived requested!