A Flygirl, I certainly hope that this won't be a growing trend where airlines forbid their employees to use this board.
I feel that it's a benefit to a corporation's image when employees use some of their leisure time to assist their customers with valuable advice and information. Why a manager would want to stop this sort of enhancement is beyond my understanding!
And what gives a company the right to dictate who you can or can't communicate with outside of work? It's not like any of the airline employees on this board are divulging "top secret" information.