Originally Posted by
teeteringhead
2. The Met Police has more people in uniform (about 35 000) and has a total of 11 ranks (from Constable to Commissioner), which is 2 or 3 more than most forces. The RAF has about 18 (not quite sure where we are with Tech ranks and Rockape L/Cpls).
Discuss........
One is police force that has responsibly for the majority of just one city and one is a military force with responsibilities across the globe that can face armed conflict in the most hostile of environments.
Or how about Lincolnshire police - with an annual budget that could not run just one of the squadrons at Waddington yet has a Chief Constable that is salaried around £165k.
Completely meaningless stats (both yours and mine) and utterly superfluous when we have have a parsimonious Treasury-led pay review process for the Armed Forces that does include job-weighting and civilian equivalents in its terms of reference.