"Old School" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 02:53:10 GMT, "Dee D. Flint"
wrote:


"Old School" wrote in message
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What is it you phoney people want?


No free upgrades. Even if code is dropped they should have to take the
written. What is so hard to understand about that?

Absolutley nothing!

The FCC has made references to the Streamlining. It will be alot of
work in order to change the system, but in the long run, it will be
much easier to maintain. Think about it, they will only have to
maintain 3 groups of licenses, Novice, General and Extra instead of 6,
Novice, Tech, Tech +, General, Advanced and Extra.


Like I said, it does not make the system easier to maintain. For current
license class, the database only needs a single field. It doesn't matter
if
there is a choice of 3 possible entries or 6 possible entries. It's a
single keystroke in a single field.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

I should correct myself, it wont make the system easier to maintain,
however it will reduce the amount of paper work, printing supplies and
confusion at the testing site and printing facility. Therefore it will
help reduce confusion at the FFC offices.


The FCC generally doesn't even see the paperwork anymore. The VECs enter it
right on-line. Thus there is no confusion at the FCC offices as they aren't
doing any of the work.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE