The Flt Cdrs have always/will always do the "higher level management",thats how it is now, and then "the boss" does the even higer level management,and then ..............well you know. In old money Eng/ALM can no longer be commissioned in their own trade, for career development they can either join the NCA PAS at IPP or get a blue blood transfusion in another trade. As for MAcr doing the job of the previosly commissioned "leaders",it is a straight cut and paste job,with a few Flt Lts heading for flying tours in Sgts PICs. With the advent of NCA PAS some of these people will be earning in excess of 50K so it is only reasonable that we "empower" them to a level of that salary. Or we could let the pimply Fg Off do the job and keep the high priced help on the golf course/down the pub. Sorry dont know about WSop(Air Sig) or WSop(AEop) specifics.
What would be the Fg Offs primary role if his/her "tertiary" role is looking after NCA?
Overall good move in my view,there has been a tradition of taking Oxygen under false pretences for years from some(not all) of some very highly paid desk jockeys with very respectable golf handicaps and unrespectable mental handicaps.