[KaleunMarco]

lotsa questions.

i will answer them in order...see below.
Welcome to Subsim.

Originally Posted by quickening58

Crew questions:
Afternoon group…….am getting a fair handle on most items, but need some more guidance on crew management.
What happens when crew member reaches max. exp level?

when a crewmember reached max experience, you can promote them to the next level if there is a billet available.
Kaleuns are limited in the number of officers/NCOs they can have on board as well as limited to the number of rated petty officers. that limited number will depend on your SH4 configuration (mod-set) and boat type.

Originally Posted by quickening58

Am assuming the 2nd set of numbers of the A/B equation is the max. potential experience at that rank (?)

yes.it.is.
the first number is the experience level and the 2nd, as you have pointed out, is the max.

Originally Posted by quickening58

Are promotions (PO2 to PO1, for instance) automatic? It seems that over 4 patrols, all I have are PO1’s and Seamen1st (one new hire Seaman3rd….cause he had good leadership ) Almost all Seamen and PO1’s have max or near max experience levels.

here again, it depends on the mod-set you are playing.
browse to \Data\UPCData\UPCCrewData\Ranks.upc.
open that file with Notepad or Notepad+ or any plain-text-editor.
do NOT change anything until you have a bit more experience as changes will affect your current career, etc.
ok, for each rank you will see a line: LevelUp=
there are three valid values: Free, Base, and Restricted.
Free means that when a crewmember with that rank reaches the maximum experience they are automatically promoted as long as there are billets available.
Base means that you must promote the crewman the next time you are at your home base, again subject to availability.
Restricted means that the rank is reserved for assignment by SH4 only. this is the reason that LT does not gain experience towards Lt Cdr because Lt Cdr is Restricted.

Originally Posted by quickening58

Granted…..not really complaining, but in RL, a certain amount of crew were released for new boats. Will HQ ever demand rotating a percentage of trained crew for new crew ?

No. if you want to rotate crew, your options appear in the left hand panel of the crew screen when you are in port.

Originally Posted by quickening58

Efficiency explanation? ??/?? (+??) I understand the resting/sleeping, maintanance and on watch, relationships to efficiency levels, but is there something in the formula that show’s the crew member may be a slacker??

Efficiency is calculated by the game. the various skills for each crewman are involved. it is a proprietary calculation. there is no way to increase skill other than promotion. so if you have a crewman with low skill, look for a replacement with more skill the next time you are in port.

Originally Posted by quickening58

Have noticed the Lt. officers (XO, Engineering officer…..) have 0/20000 experience numbers. How does this work? Why do they not gain experience?

See the answer about Ranks above.