Bingowings said:
True but three years later he is still only a Commander and a squadron leader (and only really recently if you include the Radio scripts into your personal canon).
Things only get this silly in ROTJ where everyone with a stripe up HIS trousers becomes a General.
RE: Silverwook: Yes, to Bingowings you listen! To paraphrase my favorite Trek reviewer, SFDebris: It looked like they promoted Kirk just to put an ass in the seat... in more ways than one.