| Howard Brazee 2007-04-27, 6:55 pm |
| On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:11:53 GMT, "James J. Gavan"
<jgavandeletethis@shaw.ca> wrote:
>What the hell is an E-7 ? OK, so I used Google to find out.
>
>Never ever did get a handle on British Army officer ranks. Actually
>never dealt with them and didn't want to :-)
>
>For comparison of British Services, you might want to look at following,
>plus the second shows RAF rank insignia, (presumably current ?).
Since I went to college and became a (USAF) pilot, I started off as an
officer. But that wasn't really a management position.
It is interesting following history of ranks. When George Washington
hired his staff, the various generals he hired had titles that showed
what their jobs were. For most of history someone could be a good
soldier without having a rank - he was just a soldier. Ranks were
titles dependent upon responsibility - although a nobleman was a
nobleman and were deemed unsuitable for anything but leadership.
Someone could switch units and switch ranks - depending on what jobs
needed to be done.
But as armies consolidated under control of states, so did management.
Promotion criteria were codified and the promotion gave titles that
went with pay - but with a wide variety of duties.
The bigger the civilian organization, the more it follows this
evolutionary development. I work for the State of Colorado (and for
the University of Colorado), I know what a title means and earns.
When I worked for EDS, I wondered what my title meant. Apparently it
meant "when EDS sends someone to work with your workers, you won't get
 about where he ranks with your workers" - because he won't
have the same title as your workers.
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