Originally Posted by
Toadstool
Does anyone know if the person in the middle is good at their job?
Toady, I realise where you are coming from, but...
being "good at their job" encompasses many factors for a serving officer.
Any serving officer should be capable of proudly and competently representing their Service to the wider community.
- Yes, "wider community" does include the LBQTI+ (is that 5% of the population?) but often forgotten are the 95% who do not require such token wokeism.
Are they a competent officer across the functions of the wider Service?
- Are they capable of fulfilling a wide variety of roles, or general duties, as may be required outside their immediate specialisation?
- Are they deployable to combat at short notice?
If they are some kind of penpusher as I suspect, are their (trying to use correct pronoun) admin skills at a high standard?
- Can they write properly - by hand or on a computer - without smudging the ink, correct spelling/grammar etc, in a clear and concise manner.
- Are they capable of commanding their support flight, which would be typically personnel related.
If they are of the engineering variety, can they command the respect and efforts of the troops below them?
- They would obviously have the right engineering credentials, but would they have the right background as demanded for a JENGO/SENGO billet?
- Would they be able to command that respect required for such a position.
If they are air traffic, probably no-one would notice.
If they are aircrew, no that couldn't happen.