I tend to disagree, this forum is generally full of a lot of false information. If someone ops to make a PM then its upto the receiving person to respond or not. I do occassionally make a PM but its only to attain a true picture of the current situation of a company. There is nothing wrong with that, if someone has a problem with PM's then they should disable the option. I've made a PM on this forum like others before now. It's difficult to attain accurate information sometimes, so a PM is perhaps the only way to find something accurate out.
The amount of rubbish that is posted on here about the company I work for is unbelievable. The rumour mill can spiral out of control, not so much on the bmi regional thread but some others are full of rubbish.
Big respect for BMIR...who wouldn't want to be part of the team! Best of luck to them!