Angryrat - you had a crack at Nikki over this whole `pilots et al on the Board; thing, saying she didn't know much about what a Board does?
Errm, I think that'd be you me old four striped, aviator and David Clark wearing friend (or maybe you have one of those really cool telephony type headsets).
Boards govern.
They don't get involved in the operational nitty gritty.
That's the role of management.
So the proper place for your non-union pilot is on the management committee, with big Al and everyone else.
Check out Dave Morgan (or organ with an `M' as he describes himself) over the ditch.
The Exec committee develops the wonderful ideas along with their minions, and some poor
pr!ck then writes the Board paper and the preso.
The Board signs off.
And if you think it should be different., then you don't know anything about Corporate Governance.
That's how it works - even at QF.