Well if we could give it a "secondary" role, like having a cloak disruptor by default, it would be great. Then you don't have to be a good PVP'er to be useful in a LF.
Another idea, and I don't know if this is possible, but maybe make LF's able to create "bubbles" like in Eve Online? A sphere within which cruise doesn't work for any ships, so you have to kill the LF or make it go away before you can run.