Originally Posted by
baseball
NO. We don't want to inter-marry.
Management is management and union is union. Let's not pretend to be something or someone we are not. It will make it hard to hold management accountable if we have a pilot on the BOD "guiding" them. We can "guide" management through mutually beneficial collaborative projects when and where appropriate. Let's not even pretend this is a good idea. Bad-bad idea.
management will use your "psuedo-managemnt" posiiton against you and the pilots. They will manipulate you and leverage you. Bad, bad idea.
So, bury your head in the sand? The BOD member has been invaluable, and management hates it.
It is a very important position, if nothing else, it keeps somewhat in check, the BOD and CEO from doing monumentally stupid stuff in regards to various employee groups. Someone is watching...