Forum:Reyes promotion to Cmdr.

Just a quick question...does anyone else find it odd that a Lt. would be promoted straight to Cmdr. of a capital ship? I know that he was supposed to be the ranking officer at the time the previous Captain died, but bipassing Lt. Cmdr. seems a bit odd. With the rank and assignment detail that he had previously, is Reyes even qualified to captain a capital ship? Just wondering because for the life of me I don't understand why he essentially was promoted in the manner that he was.