cargo-instead of payment how about payment in kind-if cover every day of the fortnight then you get your boat ticket paid for, if you do a week then half paid for-problem with that and there is 2 main ones-
1)who monitors who did what and
2)what do you give to the local marshals

one prob not addressed/discussed so far that mr moyle mentioned is that of promotion above level of competence-do you think he was suggesting obliquely that at marshal entry level IMC or whatever it now turns into after review is acceptable but then DSM/CSM should also have some form of examinable course/qual (as well as having courseside experienced), and from there progress up the chain of ranks into the grandstand tower, this although lengthy would ensure competence (and therefore confidence) in role