Hozer, I did a quick search, didn't know which thread you were talking about, do you have a link?
To spare you Bourne, the jist was that the AW/LDO's were guys with 3-4000 hrs of flt time, had been TSC chiefs, shop chiefs, Ops LCPO's, so they "knew" everything. So, now you've got a nugget "JO" who still needs a ticket punch but is not nearly as experienced as your LDO. Consider that you've lost visible jobs with CMO.
What do you do as CO? Do you put your ringer in and take one of the ever shrinking silver bullet jobs away from the nuggets? Consider that most guys think the LDO's career mobility is still limited to maybe 0-5 (b/c of time in service).
Most have opted to protect the nuggets, which is fine, and the LDO just kind of hangs out doing the upgrader thing. The LDO detailer still details these guys like other Ops Tech LDO's...boat, MOCC, Wing....
Sorry to rehash old stuff, but I'm less than pleased too about how this worked out. I am biased too. I think it would've worked out in the "old days", but with VP dwindling away, there's too much pressure to find good breakout jobs for 60 freakin' officers.