I don't think McCoy's and Uhura's advancement bothered me. He was much older and more experienced than just about everyone around him, and she got a battlefield promotion to Lieutenant/Communications Officer after a mass culling that made Wolfram & Hart's annual reviews look bloodless by comparison. But Kirk got promoted to Captain from the position of stowaway by dint of taking insane daredevil risks and arguing with his commanding officer in a crisis situation until he prompted the latter to have a breakdown, rather than showing that he could be an effective responsible leader. And Scotty was apparently a standup comedian who abandoned the post he was assigned to as punishment on a whim. I can see the latter two getting commendations of valor, but not them being commissioned in their familiar roles immediately .
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Heh, heh... "Fuck the bosses!" But that's not really how I think about Kirk. I see him as more of a boy scout.
"Jim Kirk was many things, but he was never a Boy Scout."
Okay, that's not quite right, I suppose, but a bit less of an anti-hero. Much more of white-hat type. But I have to admit to being a very casual Trek fan, so maybe I missed some flagrant rule-breaking in canon.
Well, the Prime Directive against interference with alien societies was always more of a guideline than a rule with Kirk, but Starfleet did trust him with a kickass battleship.
He disobeyed Starfleet a few times, usually when it had to do with Spock.
There are a small handful of incidences where Kirk's rules violations were so flagrant, he caused the rules to be rewritten (Kobiyashi Maru), or even have entire new branches of Star Fleet created (Temporal Enforcement).
Kirk practiced cowboy diplomacy.
even have entire new branches of Star Fleet created (Temporal Enforcement).
As well as Aid for Dependents of Starfleet Officers.
And of course, Kirk is at the top of the Most Wanted list at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to World-Controlling Computers.