Rank held applies to every candidate, not just ex-hands; it auto-updates
for returning crew on sign-off. Ex-hand designation is decoupled from the
Source dropdown and owned by the office:
- Candidate form: drop the EX_HAND source option, relabel "Rank held
(ex-hands)" to "Rank held". addCandidate always intakes NEW/CANDIDATE
(ex-hand recognition still reuses an existing EX_HAND row); updateCandidate
no longer rewrites type/status, so an admin-set EX_HAND or onboarded
EMPLOYEE is never clobbered by a candidate edit.
- Admin crew form: the type NEW/EX_HAND select becomes an "Ex-hand
(returning crew)" checkbox -- the only place ex-hand is tagged.
- List/detail ex-hand indicators key on type === EX_HAND (not source).
- Sign-off preserves the original recruitment source when flipping to EX_HAND.
- Tests seed EX_HAND rows directly; assert candidate intake stays NEW.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
