Originally Posted by
kme9418
Nobody who can take over the level of staff work currently done by pilots (and some other officers and some smart NCO's) will work for GS-5 or even GS-12 pay.
I respectfully disagree. The GS's at my last squadron (Navy training command) were significantly better at their administrative support function jobs than any pilot I ever met, because it was their only job, they had been doing it for 10+ years, and they actually wanted to do the job.
Every time I got good at my "ground" job, the Marine Corps decided it was a good idea for me to switch jobs and learn another ground job. I did all of this while flying 6-8 hours per month. It was one of the most blisteringly offensive examples of belligerently intentional mismanagement of human capital resources that I have ever seen. It was the defining reason for my decision to get out. I couldn't in good conscience stand by and watch the utter failure in leadership anymore.