Roadster280
I am not a constitutional expert and I do not have a copy of MAFL or the Air Force Act to hand but . . . we all work for the Queen who is our Commander in Chief. CDS' contract with the Queen (commissioning scroll)will say something along the lines of "We do hereby Command // you to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions as // you shall receive from Us, or any superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War."
Whether it comes down from the PM through SoS to CDS, or direct from the PM to CDS, the order originates with the Queen so I would say that CDS is duty bound to obey these 'superior Officers'. . . as long as it is a legal order (according to the Rules and Disciplines of War). If he failed to obey a legal order, I'd expect him to be CM'd . Wacko Jacko would get my vote as the sort of hard-as-nails, pipe-hitting 4-star presiding officer to 'get medieval on his sorry ass'.
