His inspection wasn't needed, but it helped crew morale to know that the Old Man was looking over everyone's shoulder.
As crew morale sank, Tsh't decided it was time to act on her own.
"They are too far away from the elements that influence crew morale."
"But as executive officer, crew morale is my special area of responsibility."
But vascilating on a decision would be ultimately destructive to crew morale and confidence in the commanding officer.
"One way to wreck a ship is to destroy crew morale," he said.
Neelix, who always put crew morale first, hadn't hesitated to offer Chell a chance to use the kitchen.
Now it only remained to keep crew morale high so that crew efficiency didn't suffer.
"Captain Pike felt that any disagreement between command officers should be kept private, so as not to affect crew morale."
What would that have done for crew morale?