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Old 9th Dec 2018, 14:24
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Lima Juliet
 
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civilian 2-Star
this always makes me laugh

There is of course no such thing. The whole alignment of Civil Service grades was done for allowance and pay purposes - the funniest thing is that the notional “2-star equivalent” earns about £30,000 less even before you take the non-contributory pension of the Service person into account. An SCS2 earns between £85k and £100k whereas an Air Vice Marshal earns between £115k and £125k. So really there is no equivalency at all.

To quote this website: https://www.civilservant.org.uk/info..._services.html

”The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether a chap was likely to know which fork to use!).”

There is no doubt that the senior civil servant has the responsibility but “2-star” they are not...
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