Hmmmm...
The Management is starting to blow his (or her) cover! He's got the SO upgrade process backwards. The actual process is:
- Cat A is granted after 1 year of mods, and more specifically, after the first Mod 6, assuming that the mods went reasonably well. (Cat A doesn't mean that you are going to be upgraded, just that you are elligible to be assessed - just another one of those silly CX hoops).
- Assessment is typically being done one or two months before the upgrade course date is granted.
Both of these facts can be confirmed by perusing Vol 7 or a call to real management.
Thus, The Management obviously isn't a manager, nor is he an SO... So, that leaves us with a disgruntled FO or Capt...
And all of you folks out there who thought he was a real manager... ha! (Still, too bad his sarcasm so often rings true...)