As an LAA member I'm at least interested in this topic.
To answer some of the critics - there is no easy way for ordinary memebers to comunicate between themselves - the LAA forum is impossibly heavily moderated. Emailing or phoning gets a response, yes we have received your **** but usually nothing more.
With a potentially contentious issue like this then Pprune is probably the only obvious medium.
The LAA does some great stuff - but equally there have been some disgraceful episodes. As already displayed in this thread the politics of the organisation can make NuLabour look honourable.
I'll be interested to see a somewhat official explanation - but as with all these things it is extremely unlikely to happen.