Nice set of questions Kyll, very much like a set I've been formulating myself. I'd like to add as an addendum (because I want to know and because it came up in my first Defence Interview):
How much of your time is taken up "managing" enlisted personnel and/or other subordinates?
My impression from having spoken to a few pilots was "not much". When I asked this question directly of a FLTLT from 34 Squadron his reaction was puzzlement. He said he didn't have any ground personnel directly under his command, only a couple of pilots. This however was not what my interviewer wanted to hear.
Is there a different command structure in different squadrons?
Do the ground personnel have their own chains of command?
Is perhaps one of the secondary duties that of "Welfare Officer" whose job it would be to tend to the needs of the base personnel whatever they may be, or would this be better handled by the chaplain?
Doc