Loachman said:
Pilots are still GSOs, even though we have a separate pay scale.
Definitions from DAOD 5002 (The only ones that I could find on the DIN in an admittedly cursory search):
GSOs are employed "normally in positions relating to their military occupation, especially at the lower rank levels".
Specialist Officers (Chaplain, Medical, Legal, Dental etc) are employed "exclusively in positions relating to their military occupation".
That is correct, I was pointing out the pay scales however, which do make a distinction between GSOs, Pilots, Jags, and MedOs/DentOs.
From the CBI definition for GSO:
(1) (Application) This instruction applies to an officer in the rank of lieutenant-general, major-general, brigadier-general, colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major or captain, other than an officer paid under
-CBI 204.214 (Pay - Officers - Navigators);
-CBI 204.215 (Pay - Officers - Pilots - Lieutenant-colonel, Major and Captain);
-CBI 204.216 (Pay – Medical Officers);
-CBI 204.217(Pay – Dental Officers); or
-CBI 204.218 (Pay - Officers - Legal).
-who holds a position to which the officer is appointed by the Governor in Council.
http://www.forces.gc.ca/dgcb/cbi/engraph/home_e.asp?sidesection=6&Section=204.20&sidecat=21&Chapter=204#204.20