Eugine_Nier comments on Why officers vs. enlisted? - Less Wrong

13 Post author: JoshuaFox 30 October 2013 08:14PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 31 October 2013 01:05:01AM 5 points [-]

An interesting data point is airfoces. There everyone actually flying a plane is on the officer hierarchy and the NCOs/enlisted are simply support staff.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 31 October 2013 04:34:17PM *  0 points [-]

Yes. As mentioned, this contradicts the notion that being an officer is strictly connected to command status.