Originally Posted by FXLAX

Reading this thread, it seems like the big difference is on the definition of leader. Is the new hire pilot a leader? The captain who does his job professionally and then goes home a leader? The instructor who facilitates the human factors class? Or the pilot who volunteers to lead one of about two dozen committees? Are leaders only the MEC officers? What about the pilots who are the only ones who are actually elected directly by the line pilots? Are they the real leaders since the officers work on direction of them?