The thread dies off because once guys make it to being FO then it's kinda hard for guys to discuss company issues especially in an open thread. Secondly, nobody dares talk openly since as an SO it's very easy to get fired. Thirdly, when you get a job and are still an intern, don't you jump and get your boss coffee just as he likes till at least you learn his/her ways of address things and that is when you talk???and that in KQ Is when you become Captain. That's when you talk. Pole. It's the way of the world.