Blaze, that was my point. Part of my suggestion was to:
take a closer look at the organization of the fleet from the department standpoint: what they do, how they operate, even what new departments we could integrate into the fleet.
In other words, find better ways to utilize them.
I also agree with what van Leigh said. To clarify that, are you saying that there would be captains classified basically as active or inactive? Or is it more like having two ranks of captain, and an officer could rotate between them as needed?
Xavier, departments may not be the answer, but I think just adding ranks won’t solve it any better.
