Originally Posted by Rogue24

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Also, while I'm not suggesting that the current committee membership is not capable of exemplary performance, when vacancies become available this restrictive system also has the disadvantage of cutting out a huge pool of available volunteer talent. The MEC chairmen historically have neither advertised for nor solicited input from subject-matter experts for standing committee chairmen and members. With a pilot group of our size, we have pilots with varied backgrounds and educational and professional experience that represent the full spectrum of our committees' areas of expertise. We have permitted the concentration of power , in making these key appointment decisions for the entire Delta pilot group, to be placed in one individual. And there is a natural tendency for him to draw this talent from the narrow pool of previous volunteers he has personally experienced and is comfortable with, potentially excluding from consideration 12,600 possible sources of expertise. While the MEC still has the ability to not ratify appointments, they do not have the ability to have any initiative regarding who the appointees are. Having the best person selected for a committee position in the first place is much more impor-tant than not ratifying someone who is very capable but not the best choice.