Commission purchasing in 1930 is a total disconnect with actual history. You need real skills to command and "drive" a dreadnought! At least no one has so far come forth with the notion that RAF pilots could buy their way into a Spitfire cockpit.
You know the "Great War" Mike Rowe referred to is WW1, done and gone by the end of 1918. And it's already been established that the Royal Navy was significantly ahead of the rest of the British (and world) military in the creation of a "professional" officer class.
