Who the heck is Nemo?

In German it means no-man--nobody, which I used to sort of resent when I was younger. But as I grew older, and studied widely in various religions including Zen and Taoism, I realized my last name was perrrfect... Lucky, lucky me!

Just before the advent of U.S. airline deregulation in 1978, I have been working as a pilot in the airline industry. I have enjoyed flying as a captain for Horizon Air for the past 26 years.

I have been active in worker rights and the politics of corporate governance. In 1998, I founded the non-profit Horizon/Alaska Customer/Employee Co-Ownership Association Inc. (HACECA), which was incorporated in August 2000 in Washington state, but later shut down in Dec. 2004.

One of HACECA's goals was to shift ownership of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air toward the natural tripartite of employees stockowners, customer stockowners and public stockowners, instead of a high percentage of the stock being owned by large institutional investors--the case now for the AAG, Inc. (around 95 percent).

I also co-founded and am the current President of the Ownership Union (OU®), and wrote the union's bylaws. The Ownership Union is a registered U.S. federal labor union started in 2002.

The Ownership Union is an affiliate of the Center For Economic and Social Justice ("CESJ") and a supporting organization of the Global Justice Movement. I am a member of the CESJ and have been named to its Board of Counselors.

I also am a founding member of the American Revolutionary Party.

I ran for a board seat at the AAG, Inc. in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

I am a freelance writer, having published in magazines and newspapers, including THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

The Ownership Union is available to assist workers, customers and shareholders with any matter dealing with justice in our economic and political systems.