Leave and rostering by seniority is the only fair way, those who have been with an outfit the longest, deserve the first crack at both..command OPPORTUNITIES should be awarded on the basis of seniority, provided all related qualifications are met...the person will then complete satisfactorily the command training, or be relegated to his/her previous position...it protects and rewards folks who have shown a little stick-to-it ivness..and prevents them from being stepped on from "heroes" and hiney-kissers from outside.....the kind of people who don't like seniority as is because it doesn't suit them...
[ 16 July 2001: Message edited by: ironbutt57 ]