why wasn't an engineering officer worth more than a catering officer. Just my thoughts and no I wasn't a cook
Ah, but they are...You see an EngO has to have a degree or HND and so gets accelerated promotion on comissioning, so if they both progress through the officer ranks at the same pace then the EngO is always paid more.
Being neither engineer, loggy or scribbly, I do think that engineers should earn more than loggies and loggies more than scribblies. Why? Because the eng needs more qualifications and in general has more responsibility than his/her compatritiots. You're more likely to kill someone if you get engineering wrong, slightly less likely if you give out the wrong stuff (unless its fuel!) and only a nasty paper-cut if you shuffle the wrong paper!
LJ