scrivenger makes a good point. Those who have little say so in day to day operations have no other outlet but this network.
My understanding is that when items were brought to the attention of management, many were ignored. I also know that many senior crew made mention of cost saving ways to help MK that were ignored by management. Perhaps since they did not think of it themselves it was shelved.
What I DO KNOW is that dozens of really fine people gave all they had and more to the continued operation in spite of no pay, loss off benefits, loss of credit ratings, loss of homes, autos and more and were summarily made redundant in a failing economy.