Its not unusual to run just to make a point.
I doubt he ever had any misconceptions that he could win.

The idea was to make all of us aware that the election for MEC Chairman is a closed door affair with ZERO line pilot imput. Not only do we not get to vote for this critical position, we usually don't even know who is running.
The whole MEC administration and all the committee positions are chosen in a process that is more fitting for some secret society than a supposedly open and democratic union.

Think about it. Our Master Chairman was just ousted and we have no clue why or what the issues were that separated the candidates. The MEC operates entirely in secret.

Line pilots are treated like mushrooms. We are purposely excluded from almost every meaningful decision. That's why nobody ever attends an MEC meeting. As soon as they get done discussing the weather and serving the refreshments they close the meeting and go into "executive session".

I think Art Aaron should be praised for at least trying to shine a little light into that process.