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284_226 said:For non-specialist MOCs - yes, I agree wholeheartedly with your take on it. However - and this is speaking from my own personal experience in two similar trades in two different branches of the service - the Corporal in a specialist trade is more likely to equate (in functionality, at least) to the Captain.
Here's where we disagree.
Even a Specialist Cpl doesn't have nearly the same responsibility a Captain would. As a Captain, I can sign for an aircraft. As the Aircraft Captain, I have command of all personnel on board and I'm responsible for safety of flight. There isn't a Cpl in the entire CF that can say they have the same responsibility. Even 500 Series techs, sure they may be able to do any job required of them, but it always takes a level C to do an independent check and sign off the maintenance action, the level C's are almost always Sgts and in my experience, never Cpls.
Cpl to a Capt, even in functionality, aren't even close.