LP the answer to your question is..to a very limited extent does Intercom reflect what is said here.
People are terrified of saying what they think for fear of retribution and of course PH can wipe any post he doesnt like and make a phone call......as is his wont.
The reality is of course that Intercom, just like this and the balpa web site is a good sounding board where people can get things off their chest, make themsleves feel frightfully importanty for a moment or two and as a result a lot better for having done so.
Of course ............absolutely nothing happens because by and large BACON pilots are scared of their own shadows and have never done other than pay lip service to actualy doing anything Industrial to support or strengthen their beleagured and diminished Balpa reps.
That is why, to a man, most are getting pretty much their just desserts for being such selfish wimps who have consistently failed to pay heed to the havoc that was being wreaked in the company by total cretins...............until of course it was their base that was being closed or their pension that was being tinkered with.
What you sow..surely you shall reap.