In article , "Dee D. Flint"
writes:

I've also believed that time in grade at the General level should be
required (it would have helped me) but that didn't stop me from personally
moving to Extra as fast as I was capable of doing so!

Some time back, I proposed a three-class license structure here. One of the
requirements was a year experience at each level.

Boy did that catch flak!

73 de Jim, N2EY