It's been a useful place for factual info due to the incredibly poor communication from the company that has always existed at LCAL (that LUAL unfortunately now knows about), as well as the from the union. 1,000+ pilots with eyes and ears open bring a lot of decent info to the table. The UAL Union has greatly improved the comm flow IMO.

It's fairly common for someone to join that forum when they're running for an office because it is so broadly read by the LCAL pilots. Most promptly stop their participation as soon as they're in office, due to pressures from the union leadership primarily I think. Unfortunately it leaves a cynical impression since they get what they want--votes--then leave.