Originally Posted by alfaromeo

At American, the Pilot Board is elected by the pilots. The President is elected by the pilots. The last few years, the President was following one path and the Pilot Board wanted to go down another path. How do you resolve that conflict?

At Delta, the MEC is elected by the pilots. The MEC elects the Chairman. If there is some conflict of ideas, we always know who is in charge. The Chairman works for the MEC, so the MEC is the boss. The MEC works for the pilots so the pilots are the boss.

That is why there is no direct election of the Chairman. If the pilots elected the Chairman, what would stop him from going his own way and ignoring the wishes of the MEC?

Chain of command.