This is really a no brainer and I am curious as to why any one would want to dispense with the seniority system.
When you have the seniority/qualification/experience/ suitability you are assigned a command course, if you pass you get your command, any problems so far?
If you fail you go back and study, usually a year, others will pass you by.
To say that you have seen total losers upgraded on seniority, (BelArg) , suggests to me that the training, not the seniority system, is wrong. If they are no good how come they passed a command course and is that the fault of a). seniority, b). the management or c). the union or d). the training system?
Anyone who feels threatened by seniority probably hasn't got any!
(I exclude merger situations).
Last edited by parabellum; 7th Aug 2007 at 14:07.
Reason: forgot about mergers.