User blog comment:NotAnEditor/Define 'Promotion'/@comment-1024726-20090806154545

You can still abuse the position. That's the reason the Webmaster Dynasty was epic fail, webmaster is a rank that is TREATED as higher than bureaucrat, though by system terms it is the same thing. So, even though a fireman is not necessarily a sysop, he/she can still abuse his/her power. That's why you can't have firemanship.