Oui. Une bonne question.
To add another complexity to this whole issue is that anyone who owns a budget has the authority to actually establish a class B position. Why? Because they have the money to do it.
Clearly they're going to have to show the person they work for that there is a need for the position. Those people who work for me have to show that we need a class B position and then they have to come to the table with the money.
That's part of the issue. It's not just left to those at the top, the generals and the colonels, but everyone who controls a budget. And in most cases, it goes all the way down. There are captains who command units.
There are unit commanders, captains, majors, lieutenant-colonels.
Anyone who has money, and that's a current construct, has the authority to establish a class B position. Then they have to go through the process, which is an open process, to select the needs for that position.
As I said, that was the issue for me within my command. People were being hired across the country within the organization without a centralized view or a prioritization, which is why we put the software in place. Everyone now has to come to one spot. I know exactly what class B positions are being put out there, and all the call orders.